Dean vs. Clark (Continued)

Dick Morris (I know he's got credibility issues) wrote an opinion piece in today's NY Post called "Wes' Losing Plan".

If you're interested in the summary, Dick suggests that Clark's decision to blow off Iowa and downplay New Hampshire is a big mistake. He suggests that Clark is giving Dean the opportunity to win both of those primaries and emerge with big time momentum.

And, even more interesting to me, is Dick's assertion that "cyber roots" has supplanted "grass roots" as the essential vitality of a "come out of nowhere" political campaign.

This takes me back to the point i made in one of my earlier Dean vs. Clark posts. Clark's campaign has traditional political operatives, big time contributors coming out of the woodwork, and supposedly better poll numbers against Bush. But as Dick Morris points out, Clark lacks real backing. And Dean has used the Internet to build lots of real backing.

And now Clark is effectively giving away the first two primaries to Dean. Not a great way to build momentum. It makes me wonder the exact same question that Dick Morris ends with. Are Clark's managers "like the generals of France who enter each war perfectly prepared to win the last one"?

Comments

[Max Niederhofer]

hey there, that last france comment smacks very much of neoconservatism :) i was in france much of this past year and the french sure think they've got the military might to prove pretty much everybody wrong.

i think you're right regarding clark/dean's momentum. but then again, perhaps dean has peaked to early and clark will learn from his mistakes and adopt some form of cyber-root approach as well (though there would be that credibility issue).

i really enjoy reading your blog. would love to work in private equity as well (though i'm still a little young). and thanks for the itunes windows tip, i probably wouldn't have bothered, but your's was the nth recommendation -- and i love it!

keep'em coming,

max

[Fred Wilson]

the "french" comment was Dick Morris', not mine. i love the french, if for no other reason than they stuck up to Bush and said No.

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