Reply #6: It's game theory, really which is why [View All]

[jfxgillis]

I'm SINCERELY (despite my seeming callousness elsewhere) saddened by the remaining candidates' supporters (with the door ajar for Edwards and opened a crack for Dean) clinging to dwindling possibilities. I'm harsh to the Clark supporters because hoping for a miracle is no way to run a campaign.

Once a player starts generating positive payoffs out of a game matrix while the others are generating negative payoffs, the cumulative advantage becomes definitive so quickly it makes your head spin.

At this point, to adopt the appropriate Super Bowl weekend football analogy, it will take either a turnover by Kerry or a Hail Mary by one of his opponents--NEITHER of which is impossible, btw, just improbable.

I don't see a Hail Mary strategy for any of the remaining candidates, and of all the candidates, the least likely to commit a turnover is Kerry, a seasoned pro who won a Senate race where even a minor mistake might've turned the tide either way.