Has Fred Waited Too Long?
by Ryan Sager
Thu, 16 Aug 2007 at 12:57 PM
updated Thu, 16 Aug 2007 at 1:02 PM
For now, I'll say stick the the Great Law of Headline Question Marks (if it has a question mark, the answer is no). But Reid Wilson over at RealClearPolitics is making the argument that it may be too late for Fred Thompson:
Fred Thompson had his chance to make a splashy entrance into the race. In fact, he has had many chances to do something to impress political watchers and his fans on the right. Time and again, though, he has missed those opportunities. Instead of managing expectations and raising impressive sums, his campaign reported disappointingly low numbers. Instead of hiring a staff and sticking with it, his campaign has already been beset by turnover. Instead of serving as the conservatives' best hope, they are forced to make excuses as to why his positions are acceptable to them.
Every day he remains out of the race is another day of organizing and winning support lost. At some point, time simply runs out.
I don't think that point has arrived, but the most recent polls do seem to show a drop off of support tied to Mr. Thompson's delays in getting into the race. I think that can be turned around pretty easily: by getting in. But I think a delay past September could be deadly.
UPDATE (1:!5 p.m.): I didn't realize, Blake Dvorak is giving the other side over at RCP here.
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