Reply #38: Simply not true

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At this time last year, Clark had raised more money than any of them but Dean. He was polling in 1st and 2nd in quite a few of the early primary states (including 2nd behind Dean in NH). He had a good organization and a great array of endorsements.

The simple fact is that Kerry's momentum coming out of Iowa was insurmountable. It rolled over everybody like a steamroller.

As for Rove -- of course he'd sling whatever mud he could come up with on ANY Democratic opponent. But what General Clark could do was take all Chimp's phony military posturing right off the table without even saying a word. The old stereotyped idea that Democrats are "weak on national security" still played hugely in this election. They couldn't have used that on Clark, and that would have made a big difference imho.