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Originally posted by TonyB06
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Eclipse wrote:
... most of America also knows very little about his views .... and he's now leading the polls for the Democratic nomination! How do you say you are going to vote for someone you know absolutely nothing about except they went to war and earned a few metals?
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I think what you're seeing is Democratic anti-Bush sentiment. Most of this polling is probably being done among hard-core Dem. activists. Clark's a blank slate, not many of his positions are known so it's easy to be "for" him, just because he's challenging Bush.
As his positions become known, he'll have to do the political calculus. Primaries are about playing to the political bases (or the political extremes in both parties). The general election is usually won by the candidate that can get back to the broad moderate of the American electorate the fastest.
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Thank you for the last paragraph. Whoever the Dems do nominate needs to hit the center, and I'm not sure that Howard Dean can do that. And we know that Sen. Moseley Braun (whom I like) and Rev. Al (who I dislike) aren't going near the center.