Clark Retires Again
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James Joyner | Tuesday, February 10, 2004 |
Hardly surprising: AP: Wesley Clark Drops Out of Race
Wesley Clark, the novice politician with four-star military credentials, abandoned his presidential bid Tuesday after two third-places finishes in the South, the Associated Press has learned.The retired Army general will return to Little Rock, Ark., on Wednesday to announce his departure from the race, said a senior adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Unfortunately, he was mainly a spoiler. Although, as I noted earlier, Edwards would have lost tonight even had he gotten all of Clark’s votes in both primaries.
To reiterate: This race is over.
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Oops--didn't check the final numbers. It was true of the exit poll numbers. But, of course, had Dean--who had even less business in the race than Clark--dropped out then Kerry would have presumably gotten most of his support, too.
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Posted by Anonymous | February 11, 2004 | 12:12 am | Permalink
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Actually that is technically not true. In Tennesse, Clark and Edwards conbined for 49% versus 41% for Kerry. That is not saying that some of Clark's support would not have gone to Kerry, but I think Edwards would have had a real shot of beating Kerry in TN if Clark was not around.