NR has been very anti-Fred for some reason. The man declared two days ago and he gets berated for not having a ‘ground game’ yet.
Maybe they know something the rest of us don't...yet.
The only way he didn’t have boots on the ground is that he really hadn’t made up his mind until a few days before Leno... and that just doesn’t pass the laff test.
Hillary set the bar with her “Listening Tour".She'd go to an area where she already had advance scouts on the ground, then she'd leave people behind to work the area as she moved on to the next place the state.
It was absolutley brilliant.
It's to be expected. Thompson had a summer-long "honeymoon" from the press, compared to the running candidates. If he wasn't getting his "ground game" in place before his announcement, what was he doing?
I am still open to Thompson as a candidate, and look forward to him clarifying positions and policies. But I have been unimpressed by his campaign style. Lots of sizzle, little substance so far.
No doubt I shall now be blasted about how brilliant his non-running running style has been, but it reminds me too much of the way Arnold ran. I've been in the advertising game and know how it works. I don't vote for celebrity image and bumper sticker slogans. He can win my vote with openness, honesty and detailed exposition of his policy ideas and how they contrast with what his opponents offer; he can't win it with "themes".