Having hitherto been fascinated by Alice's stamina/obsession, I must say that I too found something faintly undefying about the post at which pdq bridled. Just not quite enough to revive the thread.

But I fear the game is up, Alice. I've seen Dean in action, and now I've seen Clark, and I fear your man will be blown away by the soldier, despite all that hard work. It's simply no contest. I'm not saying Clark will get the nomination, but if someone else does, it will be someone we haven't seen yet. It doesn't mean either that I'm a huge fan of Clark, though I do think that both he and Dean make Bush look pretty inadequate. They're probably the strongest Democrat candidates I've seen in recent years (Clinton excepted of course).