Chris Mathiews on Imus never even mentioned Clark re: New Hampshire

[cspiguy]

After going over every conceivable consequence of Iowa, and especially gushing like a teenage girl over Edwards, Tweety seemed to completely forget about Clark. As if he were not even going to be a player in NH. Is this intentional or out-of-sight-out-of-mind? It was disturbing.

[Paragon]

1. Guess he should've run in Iowa.

:)

[Justice]

2. Intentional

Clark is ignored by most media - whenever you see stories about all the candidates, Clark is barely mentioned - heck Lieberman is mentioned more.

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. Exactly.

By design. Clark's time is coming. Soon, they won't be able to ignore him.

Go, Wes!

[Racenut20]

4. Price we are paying for not going to Iowa

However, given last night, I still think it was a good idea.
Tweety also said the nomination would be decided in South Carolina. I think he annointed Edwards.

But then came back to say Edwards could only win Florida with Graham, which would not help in the rest of the country much.

So GO Figua...

Clark/Durbin Clark/Durbin Clark/Durbin

[mmonk]

5. Intentional

Use reason, Clark currently is a factor there.

[bearfartinthewoods]

6. i think dean's failure is rubbing off on clark

suddenly, the anti war, anti DC rhetoric smells of 15%. clark is going to have to retool quickly.

[Justice]

7. Nothing About Dean Is Rubbing Off On Clark

Thank you very much.

[Paragon]

13. Yeah, but somebody farted

:D

[DancingBear]

8. Yes, but Russert did

who immediately followed Matthews. Said NH could now literally be a four person race, as was Iowa. Felt Kerry had a very good chance to defeat Dean in NH.

BTW, Imus did have a great line about the Dean speech. He said that when Dean took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves ,"I wanted him to take the bags to the limo."

[MarianJack]

9. Did You Notice...

...how ticked off Russert looked on "Today" this morning that the voters in Iowa actually voted the way they wanted to, instead of voting the way the media decided they wanted them to vote?

I continue to say that ANY of our candidates is FAR superior to resident bush. A brisk race will only show this. Hopefully, as more of our candidates withdraw, that they show the same class and spirit of unity that Gep showed last night. That which unites us is MUCH GREATER than that which divides us.

ABB in '04!

[cspiguy]

10. yes - and those baggage carriers will elect the next president

good look for any candidate right now - even for rich, priviliged, New Englanders, hint hint.

[OHdem10]

11. It has been established from the beginning

that no anti war candidate is to be our nominee.FDean has nothing to do with Clark. They are entirely different candidates with different types of supporters. From said in the beginning only pro war--you know the drill. Yes, I believe the pundits when they say Clark will be taken out next because our party does not believe he is ready for Prime Time. I am a Clark suporter. Dick Morris explained this last week. While Morris makes my skin crawl he understands Democratic Party as well or better than Rpublican Party.

Last night "not ready for primetime was being tossed around on al the channels. I am fast reaching the conclusion that our party
likes the status quo enjoys concedeing to Republicans the governing
of the country.

[papau]

12. Kerry and Edwards connect better than Clark/Dean - so "taking"

Clark out does not seem a big deal(although I like Clark)

Dean still connects - in my opinion - so I see a 3 way match through the Southern primaries

[mmonk]

14. The Edwards part bothers me

Yes he seems like a nice guy. Yes, he was positive in Iowa. What about issues? Yes, he'll take on some corporate issues, but will he survive the flag waving, the big government label, the inexperienced label, the unnecessary lawsuit label? What will he do when the PNAC sends out their next "letter" about who we should go after in the world, will he ask Shelton to advise him?