“Why does he have that debt? Because the “conservatives” that he depended on to help fund his effort took a hike and gave their money to more moderate and “independent” candidates and left the three conservative candidates to swing in the wind.
If you don’t understand things like this, you’re a political neophyte at BEST!”
You were doing fine until you got to the above part. Many would say that Fred is the one who took a hike, by waiting so long to begin acting like a serious candidate. Then it was too late.
I’d hoped from early on the Fred or Romney would emerge as the nominee, but Fred ran a very poor campaign, and fell far short of his potential.
Only a political neophyte would fail to understand why Fred’s support began to dissipate, both his financial and voter support.
Fred's support never materialized.
His first month, his team put out that they needed $5 mil to get things started then more as the months went by.
They got $3.5 mil and less as the months went by.
Politics runs on money. If there's no money there's no campaign.
As for his getting into the race late, that was seen as a great wisdom here on FR while it was happening. Now, fair weather conservatives are complaining.
It's REALLY easy to be, as so many on FR are, armchair campaign managers after the fact. There are no decisions to be accountable for that way.