Reply #69: We'll never know what could have happenned...

[DjTj]

...but Iowa pretty much sealed the deal for Clark.

Edwards came out too strong and made it hard for Clark to use a Southern strategy.

Kerry came out way too strong and made it hard for Clark to play up the military background.

People like to blame "the media" and "lies" and "dirty campaigns" but I think it was just fate and circumstance. The Clark campaign could not have known that Kerry and Edwards were going to come out of Iowa so strong - they were focused on stopping Dean. When Dean was no longer a factor, the Clark strategy was a failure.

...sometimes things just happen.