Reply #13: If Sen. Kerry wins NH, Gen. Clark may be done, unless, ironically... [View All]

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Dean finishes second. A 2nd place for Dean may breathe life into his campaign, which would benefit Clark, at least for now.

I really think Clark's success is contingent on how Howard Dean fares because Clark has been defined, more or less, as the anti-Dean. If people really think Kerry is electable, then that sort of kills it for Clark, because electability was really the only thing he had going for him. Don't get me wrong - I generally like him and believe he would be a strong candidate, but he really doesn't have anything that no one else has, unless you see him as the only electable one.

If Dean and Clark had ever made a strong case for our getting a nominee outside of Washington, then I think either one would have had a shot. But I don't think that case was ever really made.