Reply #170: Why he's "coming out early"-- He's sane, ambitious, and wants Bush gone

[Bucky]

Myra wrote:
"I don't understand why he's tipping his hand this early,
as an un-lib'rul, un-progressive, when he already had so
many fooled. Serious question, for real...why?

I think it's timing. He thinks he's got the nomination sewn up, but he's a smart enough politician to know he's got to do better in the South, even in the primaries, if he's going to stand a chance in November. He's not as blindly arrogant as we Clarkies like to pretend.

So I think he's positioning himself toward the center now, before the majority of the country knows who he is, so that it won't look awkward when he jags to the center after the convention. It's smart politics. It's also probably sincere.