Reply #14: Clark should reconsider [View All]

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

Anyone who expects to be competitive with Bush should really opt out. It's entirely possible, given Clark's consistently high polling, that he could be the nominee, and if the most money he can raise is 25% of what Bush raises, we may have a very serious problem on our hands in terms of being competitive with Bush, who I'm sure will take a page from the tobacco companies' playbook and simply try to spend his opponent to death.

I can understand how people feel who oppose the decision to do this on ethical grounds, but the simple fact is that Bush is just not going to play by the rules. It sucks to be put in a position where the choice has to be made between principles and competitiveness, but I think the stakes are just too high this time around. Dean did the right thing by opting out, and so did Kerry, I agree with Kerry's assessment 100% that anyone who expects to have a shot at this will need every resource they can get their hands on to win this.