“[B]ehind in fund-raising” is necessarily a baseless assertion. The whole point of the delay was to keep the size of his campaign warchest secret until late January. Because Thompson doesn’t have to report his finance to the FEC until then, neither his opponents nor the pundits know whether he’s ahead or behind in fundraising.
I still think the delay in the formal announcement was a piece of strategy worthy of Sun Tzu himself, however much the supporters of other candidates may try to paint it as a mistake.
“If your enemy is angry, irritate him”.
LLS