Reply #55: No one is bulletproof [View All]

Clark is very strong, but, as we've seen on this board, he's not without vulnerabilities. The question is, who is best positioned to deflect those vulnerabilities and to attack/counterattack Bush?

Dean has proven that he can a pretty darned good job of mobilizing a big chunk of the base and increasing participation. What everyone is wondering is how good he will be at rallying enough independent/moderate GOP/blue state support.

Clark, on paper, looks like a dream on the latter category, but his campaign skills still need to be tested. I for one am quite confident that if he announces, he wbe a strong campaigner.

Perhaps the one really significant advantage about Clark over Dean is that his biggest vulnerability, as an outsider military guy, is whether he can get enough of the base, and this is something we can check during the primaries (not perfectly, but it will provide an indication). With Dean, if he wins the primary, we will be more unsure.