I realize that this is perhaps not the deepest comment that I can make, but... I just simply cannot believe how out of touch I must be with the American people when I think how imminently electable Fred is — and yet, I seem to be (along with some of you guys) the only man in the world to think so. Oh well, I’m a freak, I guess.
I know how you feel. I just don’t understand what is happening to this party and this country. It is quite depressing. Pretty soon there won’t be any room for conservatives, only less liberal liberals.
It is a shock, but average people aren't on FR. We're political junkies. The great unwashed masses vote for who they like best based on very little information. I think that explains Huck's rise in places like MI. To most FReepers he is satan based on his record, but the masses see a smart friendly guy who is a good communicator. Fred, I think is our version of Hillary (not in any other way of course)in that he comes across as a policy wonk and is surprisingly boring to listen too. Huck is our Obama. Maybe not much substance, but is the more personally likeable alternative.