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I'm going to jump into the "what does Clark" stand for fray a bit. Up front, I'm not a Clark "supporter" though he is probably my second pick behind Edwards at the moment. And since Edwards looks like he might finish behind me in the early primaries, Clark will likely be my pick in a few months.
That aside, the debate recently has seem to come down to policies, position papers, and the like. Call me naive, pessimistic, or both, but I don't see how tax policy and health insurance plans are going to matter much since the Republicans are almost definitely going to hold the House and will likely hold the Senate (the numbers just aren't in our favor at the moment).
I seem to remember the last Democratic president running primarily on a massive health care reform plan. And it fizzled out within two years. I also remember him promising to let gays serve openly in the military. That didn't fly. And if I recall correctly, the tax plan he passed was rather different than the tax plan he ran on. And all these changes occurred with the Democrats running both chambers.
And that guy turned out to be a pretty decent president anyway.
My point is: do the nuances of policy really matter at this point? And is something like "medical marijuana" really worthy of being a make or break issue when 95 percent of Democrats in the House would probably vote against it anyway.
The things that matter in this election are going to be basic, I feel. Leadership. Integrity. Adaptibility. The big "issues" are going to be securtiy, terrorism, Iraq, and possibly taxes. The rest is going to be window dressing, I fear.
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