I do think that Fred is playing this just about right, but needs to get in by September. August is the dead month in Washington, DC.
In before the Hunterites, Rooty-tooties, Paulestinians and Mittheads.
This article could have played the contrast as well between Clinton and Duncan Hunter. Both got in really early. It is playing out very differently for the two of them. She has more name recognition, but the way she got that was nuts. How can she walk out the door every morning, unashamed, unless she has no conscience?