Reply #46: Favorable Thinking Isn't Enough

[OrdinaryTa]

a substantial percentage of Americans would think more favorably of Clark

We're headed into an election, not a poll of the most admired Americans. We're not looking to look good, we're looking to win.

A nominee has to have an identity that people can relate to. Clark may be brilliant, but Adlai Stevenson was brilliant, too. He also needs a natural constitency, not a synthetic one based on the principle of least unacceptability.

As things now stand, I don't see Clark. Who is he? What does he want? He has correct answers for questions that came up six months ago, but that isn't what a President does.