As for Palin’s “unconventional campaign”:
Fred Thompson Planning Unconventional Campaign
http://www.elephantbiz.com/2007/05/fred_thompson_planning_unconve.html
“Mike Allen at The Politico reports on the unconventional presidential campaign that former Sen. Fred Thompson is planning.
Thompson, his wife and advisers in Washington and Tennessee also are drawing up plans for a new style of campaign that would rely heavily on technology and his celebrity status to avoid some of the slogging through the snow in Iowa and New Hampshire that is normally required of White House hopefuls.
The advisers say Thompson, who plays District Attorney Arthur Branch on NBC’s “Law & Order,” is researching ways to use technology - including the Web, videoconferences and teleconferences - to harness the enthusiasm for his candidacy among grass-roots bloggers and activists. The campaign also would rely on large events, such as those that have in part supplanted country-store campaigning for some in the Democratic field.”
Fred’s entry was just a strawman gambit to protect his buddy McCain’s arse.