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"The AP: CONCORD, N.H. - Howard Dean has acknowledged Wesley Clark's momentum in the Democratic presidential race and singled him out as a chief rival for the nomination.
Clark is not expected to overcome Dean in the first two key nominating contests — Clark is not competing in Iowa and is trailing Dean by double-digits in New Hampshire polls. But Clark could be a strong contender when the race moves to other parts of the country.
A CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll last week put Clark, a retired Army general, in a statistical tie nationally with Dean, a former Vermont governor, when the margin of error was taken into account. And Clark is the only Democratic candidate to come close to Dean's fund-raising in the last quarter — more than $14 million for Dean and more than $10 million for Clark, according to their campaigns.
"We think General Clark does have a little momentum here and I think that's understandable," Dean told reporters Friday while campaigning in New Hampshire. "He has not been for the most part in the fray of all the attacks that have gone on. But we don't find that our support, our core support, is eroding."
Dean has mentioned Clark in his pitch encouraging potential endorsers to sign on before the Iowa caucuses, according to sources who spoke to The Associated Press on a condition of anonymity. Two people who have heard Dean make his case said he expresses concern that if he loses Iowa and Clark gets second in New Hampshire, Clark could win the nomination."
I wish you the best of luck Clark supporters! May the best man win :)
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