I agree that there really isn't anything wrong with what Thompson actually said, but from a political point of view, he needs to quit handing out quotes that they can easily spin.
The media and his opponents aren't interested in a fair fight, so he not only needs to say what he means, but he needs to say it in a way that is hard to spin into something else.
i'm getting scared that fred will not get the nomination. once you leave FR and look at the general population, fred just doesn't seem to have the momentum of other candidates.