Reply #10: What's important in these polls is the TREND, not necessarily the numbers

[Larkspur]

While I'm estatic that Dean is in the lead nationaly, he's not in it by much. What I look for in polls are trends. Dean has been rising steadily while the other, save Clark, have been stagnating of declining. Dean's campaign is very aggressive and organized about getting his message out and it is paying off and like Andrew Jackson, Dean has forge a fiercely loyal band of followers who will defend him. This is why I think that Clark has been postponing announcing whether or not he is running for President. Dean's campaign is a very organized and aggressive juggernaut and if Clark is the type that wants to win, instead of just parading around for attention, Dean's campaign is formidable enough to abort Clark's bid for the presidency. It's mid-September and Clark still has not announced his Prez intentions. How much longer will he wait?