Over to you, Peter Robinson. A Fred staffer from one of the primary states he’s lost already writes in to dispute my view that the Thompson campaign lacks an overriding theme and a memorable slogan. Of the ground campaign in his state, the staffer writes:

Here are some other things missing from the campaign:1) a finance chair2) a clear chain of command3) top-down loyalty4) a candidate who was willing to campaign for more than 4 hours at day5) direct mail6) a college student coordinator7) a media strategyOther than that, the campaign had everything.

In New Hampshire, I know of two town chairs for the Fred campaign who wound up voting for other candidates.

[UPDATE: Lots of e-mails like this one:

A TRUE conservative. History will note that National Review didn’t step up to the plate to support him. Both you and Bill Buckley should be ashamed.

Er, okay. But why doesn’t he have direct mail and college coordinators?]