Wouldn't Clark do better running as an independent?

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He has plenty of independent and Republican backers along with some Democrats. But what chance does he really have of raising the money necessary to beat the other well-funded primary contenders?

Even if he does raise enough money to accomplish this, he would have to reraise it after the primaries..when running as the nominee! And then any Democratic challenger would lack the factor helping Clinton, which was a third party candidate to take away dissatified conservative and independent votes from the incumbent.

Clark, as an independent, could spend the entire primary period raising money and getting his name on the ballot in all 50 states. All of this money being raised could be saved for the main contest against shrub and our nominee. He would have a ten in ten shot getting that nomination, because he would be the independant. And if he did not drop out like Perot in 1992, he would be a genuine challenge for the two party system in 2004!