Reply #6: There's a surprise or two in that poll for me [View All]

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It's not too surprising that Clark does so well, or that Kerry is in second (high-profile military service for both of them).

What's surprising to me is how well Al Sharpton does in this poll! Look at that. Al's put Lieberman, Edwards, Braun and Kucinich in his dust in this one. Wonder if it's more from people who were familiar with him before they went over there, or whether his performance in the debates have somehow made it over there, and that's what it is?

In many ways, Al Sharpton's personal background has more in common with most of the troops than most of the other candidates (except Kucinich, perhaps), but I doubt that has too much of a bearing. People rarely base their vote on that criteria.

Not sure what, if anything, it means. It's not that he does well enough to make him a 'serious' candidate, but what about the serious candidates who did so much more poorly than Al? Are they 'serious' still? Wonder how much money Sharpton is spending compared to Lieberman or Edwards?

(Speaking as a habitual supporter of underdog primary candidates who never make it to the General Election)