Clark vs. Dean- Who could help Democrats downticket?

[TakebackAmerica]

In 2000 Democrats in swing districts literally ran away form Gore.
My fear is that Dean could win, but we would lose Senate seats in South Carolina,Florida and Georgia. We also might have tough fights in South Dakota, Washington and Arkansas. My belief Clark could hold these seats and help us in Pennsylvania, Alaska and Missouri.

We could also face a nightmare secnario in the House. Jim Matheson, Earl Pomeroy, Ken Lucas, Tim Holden, Baron Hill, Dennis Moore,Jim Marshall,Rodney Alexander all could get washed away. These are seats where Dean would not play well in. Clark is as liberal than Dean but he is harder to tag as a liberal. Clark could let us keep these seats and actually defeat Republicans like Anne Northrup, Max Burns, Rick Renzi and John Hostettler.

[TakebackAmerica]

1. Anyone?

Any Thoughts

[CentristDemocrat]

2. I agree with your assessment.

I think Clark helps us nationally. His ability to appeal to the middle, along with the base, would most certainly help us with Congressional seats. Dean is a disaster waiting to happen.

[Larkspur]

7. Dean was just down in Georgia and drew large crowds

A lot of the South is like Vermont -- rural, and Dean does exceedingly well in rural areas.

[bryant69]

3. We'd have to see how the campaigns shape up

But you might be right. I like Clark a lot. He has a lot to offer, and it will be harder for them to tag him as a nutty ultra liberal who is going to surrender the white house to Osama bin Ladin.

Bryant
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[Carrion]

4. Interesting angle

Gotta figure Clark would have the longer coat.......

[cally]

5. If Clark survives the primaries

I know he will have tremendous coattails. I'm extremely excited about Clark but he did seem nervous today. He better get up to speed quick. I'm a Clard supporter, btw.

[TakebackAmerica]

6. hmm

Would Dean hurt Dems downticket?

[oasis]

8. Anne Northup of Kentucky would probably difficult to unseat no matter

who was the Dem candidate for president. She is a woman, and a solid soldier in the GOP ranks.

[trogdor]

12. Also lots of suburban Republicans with $$$ in Louisville

Think Orange County, CA. Surburban Louisville is more like Anaheim than Anaheim. I know. That used to be my home turf. Now you go there, and all you see is $300,000 and up houses, big-ass SUV's, and "God Bless America" as soon as you cross the county line from either the south or the east. I hardly recognize the place anymore.

[meegbear]

9. My fear is that dean could win too.

[TakebackAmerica]

11. LOL!

That is not what I meant
What I meant was, that I'm afraid Dean would win and would have to face a congress that would override all his vetos.
Seriously the Senate would like this 55-44-1. The House could look like this 236-196 GOP. Think about it. Or would you rather like a Seante like this 50-49-1 Democrats and 224-210 Republican House.

[trogdor]

14. Doubt that.

Most first-term winners either have big coattails or small coattails, depending on how big a schmuck the last guy was. Only Dumbya (that I know of) had negative coattails.

A good indicator is the popular vote. Gore won that, and it was reflected in the Congressional results. Now, having a Dean/Clark (or Clark/Dean) ticket divide and conquer? Two strong candidates fanning out regionally? Excellent idea. Couldn't do that with Lieberman at the bottom of the ticket, that's for sure.

[jburton]

10. It's all about turnout

So far Dean beats everybody. We'll see how Clark does in this.

[CMT]

13. I think Dean will be more of an asset than the establishment

in the dem party think. He will stress his being from a rural state, which Vermont is and his stand on guns (not what I like best about him, but a fact) also will help in southern and border states. He is also bringing new people into politics and that grass roots gotv effort will benefit the Democratic ticket from the courthouse to the white house.