What an idiot. Fred is in there not because the media but because of the GOP base who are dying for a candidate who can articulate conservative values.
always right: you make a good point. I would rewrite the sentence simply substituting “GOP base” for “the media”...
Fred Thompson is in the race, Rothenberg said, “because the GOP BASE needs a new name. He’s a vessel each of them can pour their hopes and dreams into, the Republican Barack Obama.”
What has Fred ever done?