Commentary on the New Hampshire primary is pretty much yesterday's news by now, but Mark Steyn's cutting take on Wesley Clark's dismal performance is too close to the bone not to take note. Read the whole thing for more insight into winner-by-default Kerry and the other also-rans.
General Wesley Clark hailed his spectacular triumph — of getting 12 per cent — when he’d only got into the race four months ago. This is true. Nor did he need to rent an apartment. But four months ago a CNN poll showed him beating Bush 49 per cent to 46 per cent, and in the end he could barely find 12 per cent of Democrats willing to vote for him. New Hampshire is said to have more veterans per capita than any other state. Kerry campaigned with veterans at every stop. Clark campaigned with the support of Michael Moore, the corpulent conspirazoid; George McGovern, who rivals Walter Mondale as the Greatest Living Democratic Party Loser; and Madonna, the well-known resident of the United Kingdom. September’s white knight had shrivelled away to the candidate of the carny-folk Left. He was supposed to be the sane alternative to Dean; instead, Kerry snaffled that role, and left Clark to frolic on the grassy knoll as the crazy alternative to Dean.Posted by Alan at February 1, 2004 08:02 AM