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Tom Rinaldo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 06:53 PM
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149. No it is not self explanatory.
Have you read the whole thread or did you just jump in? I do the latter often myself, but this was discussed above. Clark chose to withdraw after Tennessee even though he had good organizations in place in upcoming states. It creates a situation of Apples and Oranges. Clark e felt it would be more helpful to the party and our cause if he closed ranks around Kerry who he (correctly) felt could not be stopped. Edwards and Kucinich carried on much longer for example. Clark asked his supporters to vote for Kerry. Edwards, in my and many other people's opinion stayed in the race well beyond the point where he had any reason to think he could actually win, so as to gain exposure and position himself to be the likely VP nominee. You may not agree with that, but the fact is he ran an active campaign much longer than Clark which is a relevant factor in determining how many delegates one might win, if the goal is total delegates, as opposed to having a realistic chance of winning. Toward the end Kucinich was picking up votes as the final protest candidate after everyone else withdrew, that was enough to get him over the 15% threshold in a number of states. Earlier he had trouble touching that threshold in a crowded field.
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