I do.
Fred made it clear that he thinks there's "something special going on" and there is a time for the man and a man for the time, and those two points have converged for him. I believe he is truly heartened by the groundswell for him that he is seeing. If he's going to do it; he's going to do it for US! All of US, the country US.
I think he's a big enough man to campaign against a "friend" and take whatever the campaign may throw his way, and when all is said and done, pick up with his friend again.
Really? When and where did he do that?