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Article: Clark gets pass.(NATION)(INSIDE POLITICS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 24, 2003
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Byline: Greg Pierce, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Clark gets pass
"It sure looks as if key players in the campaign press corps are trying to rig the rules and create a double standard to favor newbie contender Wesley Clark, a k a The General, in the race for the Democratic presidential nod," the New York Post's Deborah Orin writes.
"Consider: Sen. Joe Lieberman topped national polls for months, but the conventional wisdom said they don't matter. The instant Clark topped polls, it was a big deal and he got billed as quasi-front-runner based on a statistically insignificant two-point lead in a Newsweek poll," Miss Orin said.
"When Lieberman ...