Anyone else watch?  I think he did pretty well, we'll see if someone (Allah or Bryan probably) posts some video, I think Fred helped himself in this interview.  

*Mike Huckabee responds to Fred's revival, heh

Anyone remember Fred's early showings with Hannity?

Even the the most devout Fredhead was feeling shaky about how he was gonna do after that, he looked exhausted, he sounded worse, and had to be practically lead by Hannity to the answers...not a good sign when that idiot is throwing you softballs and having to lead you to the answer.

In his early interviews, and really, more than half of his actual campaign, he would have been a contender with pre-freakout Al Gore for most powerfully sedative politician.  I think he's finally got it together, he's finally showing some energy, and he looked polished tonight, answered everything pretty well.

Of note, Colmes predictably tried bait Fred! by offering some questions on Bush's policy positions on immigration and other issues, presumably to try and make him squirm and maneuver to avoid criticizing Bush.  Fred didn't give him that, and had no problem criticizing where Bush has deviated from conservative doctrine...nice!  The Eleventh Commandment is dead in my book, its gotten us nothing but RINO sellouts, so good on Fred for shutting down Colmesy and not being afraid to criticize Bush policy.

Fred did what he needed on Dunce & Eyebrow tonight, and this is a big part of a turnaround if he's gonna do it, and I think he can, primary voters are more politically involved, so good showings on shows like Dunce & Eyebrow help more than they will in a general election.  If he can do this for the rest of the primary race, he can win the nomination, I'm not gonna say will win, but can.  It won't be easy either, he's way behind in the polls, in money, and is in the early stages of rebuilding momentum, and its waaay late in the game.

Fred is the most solid conservative of the entire field that has any viability as a candidate, his problem has been his abysmal campaign and his lack of energy for most of his campaign.  He sounded like he didn't really want it or wasn't sure he wanted it, he sounded and looked exhausted, and has had a lackadaisical campaign schedule for most of the campaign. 

Tonight, he looked and sounded presidential, and sounded like he wanted it, which has been his biggest obstacle, certainly his policies are his strongest suit.  He's scored a vital endorsement in Rep. Steve King, who's got a fair bit of influence in Iowa circles, apparently. We've been hearing about signs of life (h/t CB)from Camp Fred!, I think they've been confirmed.  Fred's apparently hoping to make a big push late in Iowa, its not gonna be easy, I hope he succeeds.

Ace sends me a good line he had during his interview, when asked about the hand raising,

"The only time I'll raise my hand again is when Justice Roberts is swearing me in"

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