Could the leaking of Gore's endorsement of Dean be a slap at Clark?

[Larkspur]

The leak was made on the day Clark was to appear on Hardball and is creating a buzz that will challenge Clark's planned uncontested spotlight in the media moment with Chris Matthews.

This leak of Gore's endorsement of Dean reminds me of the leak that Clark made in September on the day that Edwards was making his formal announcment. Clark's leak that he was going to formally announce his entry in the race the next day clouded Edwards supposedly uncontested moment in the media. Could the leak of Gore's endorsement of Dean be done as a slap at Clark for his pettiness back in September?

[eileen_d]

LMAO

Finally, the endorsement is spun as candidate-bashing. The Circle Is Complete.

[Ediacara]

possibly

although as they say, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar..

[slinkerwink]

1. how was Clark petty to Gore?

[w13rd0]

2. Clark's pettiness in September?

Um, well, for one, you are assuming that Clark announced when he did to slap Edwards, which I don't think is know. I don't think everything is quite so masterfully orchestrated. Some stuff just happens...

[Larkspur]

6. Clark didn't announce on the same day as Edwards

but Clark leaked that he was going to make his formal announcment, that was already scheduled on another day, on the same day as Edwards made his formal announcment. That leak stole a lot of Edwards thunder in the media.

[DrFunkenstein]

7. Clark Announced He Was A Democrat Same Day As Kerry's Formal

Announcement.

[Rowdyboy]

3. I give Al Gore more credit than that

n/t

[Larkspur]

8. Gore didn't make the leak

An anonymous Dean supporter did and did it on a day that Clark was scheduled to appear on Hardball and get lots of media attention. Maybe it was a pre-emptive-Chris-Lehanism tactic by the anonymous Dean supporter.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

4. This Is Perhaps the Lamest Theory I've Read in a Long Time

Hardball is small potatoes. We're talking microscoping in the grand scheme of things.

The Gore endorsement is big. I'm sure it just leaked because it was such a big story.

DTH

[alcuno]

5. I thought it was a slap at *

Knocked the signing of the Medicare disaster right off the news.

[cosmicdot]

13. prolly, that and maybe to expedite unifiying the party's message

... and, to short-lease the media's role in playing Dem against Dem, etc.

multi-facet action

[NashVegas]

9. I Don't Think it's a Slap at Clark

I think it *may* be a slap at Edwards. Possibly Joe.

But I can't think of anything Clark has done to deserve a slap from Al, so ...

[Ediacara]

10. The endorsement itself is a HUGE slap to Lieberman

Although I doubt there is any motivation to the timing.

[drfemoe]

11. planned uncontested spotlight ??

too deep.

..snip..
"Another rival candidate, Wesley Clark, the retired Army general, played down the impact of the endorsement. “No kidding — I think it’s wonderful,” he told MSNBC’s Marisa Buchanan."

msnbc is spinning it this way ..
..snip..
"Speaking to NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, the sources described the endorsement as a way for Gore to maneuver himself to challenge former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, for supremacy within the Democratic Party. Sources close to the Clintons said Monday that they would not make endorsements in the primary race."
http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002878.asp?0cv=CA01

Again, too deep.

[Piperay]

12. It's a "slap" to

all the Democratic candidates.

[Moderator]

14. We are trying to consolidate these Gore/Dean threads

Please continue the discussion here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=853101


Thank you for understanding.


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