Reply #13: Well, he *is* running against Edwards and Kerry... [View All]

[VolcanoJen]

... and many have speculated that Clark has no political savvy, but watching his slow crawl to this announcement, and then witnessing the timing of yesterday's announcement, I'd have to say he's got savvy to spare. It seems prettty obvious that Clark's announcement was timed to drown out Edwards' speech yesterday, as was his "coming out" as a Democrat weeks ago during Kerry's announcement, and while it may not have been a nice tactic, it was indeed a smart thing to do politically.

In fact, the media has been trumpeting all day that Clark upstaged Edwards, and in doing so are probably giving the Clark camp exactly what they hoped for. Clark is hoping to become The Southern Candidate and The War Veteran Candidate, so I'm certain his people have their eye trained on Edwards and Kerry.

I did feel a bit bad for Edwards today, and still feel that he's the dark horse candidate in all of this. We certainly haven't heard the last from Edwards.