Reply #26: I continue to be happily surprised

[jmaier]

that the candidate who entered the race 4 months ago and significantly lags on key public figure endorsements continues to campaign well, steadily and gains big traction in the polls. It does prove that endorsements, as nice as they are to get, do not trump plain old hard work.

I have to admit that one of my major concerns when I became a Clark supporter was how well he could hope to do starting well into the 2nd half of the game. He is a very good campaigner. The True Grits Tour was a big hit in TN (Memphis & Nashville) raising visibility, drawing crowds and garnering $$$. I'd say this poll just reaffirms that, at present, it's all Dean & Clark after IA unless something very, very surprising happens in IA -- Go Dean! :-)



Wes Clark. He will make an extraordinary American President.