“As far as grassroots for Thompson, I cannot get enthused about him until I see him in a debate or some other intense forum and hear his responses. Not seeing him out there is uninspiring and gives me pause. He will have to reel me in whenever he decides to take it up a notch. But I must say, the more time that lapses, the less confident I am he can do it.”
His first debate is coming up Tuesday.
Here is a magazine article about him (Newsweek)
http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/20546334/site/newsweek/page/0/
Read this, it tells you much about the man.
Fred has the “affable but prickly, folksy but curmudgeonly” vote in the bag. From what I’ve seen of the man so far. I’m just speaking of how he comes across. For everything else (except for his voting record, of course), I’m waiting and watching.