[Political Junkie Too]

"Well, has he ever named the six different positions, Charlie? I meant that's just -- that's old-style politics..."

This is just like the classic scene from The Manchurian Candidate with Angela Lansbury and James Gregory.

Gregory plays a befuddled US Senator who is on a hunt for communists in the government. Every day, he makes a wilder pronouncement of the number of communists hiding in the US government, per Lansbury's oreders. One day, he says "Every day you tell me to say another number. I can't keep it all straight. Can't we just pick a number and stick with it?" Lansbury replies: "I want to keep creating the confusion. While they are all tripping over the confusion, they won't pay attention to what is really going on."

I suspect that a lot of that is happening with Clark. His handlers are giving him contradicting marching orders in order to confuse the press and the other candidates so that they won't be paying attention to what is really happening in the wings.

-PJ

[pogo101]

This is just like the classic scene from The Manchurian Candidate with Angela Lansbury and James Gregory [...]

I suspect that a lot of that is happening with Clark. His handlers are giving him contradicting marching orders ...

Yes, yes. Maybe Hillary showed up at his house one day in a sandwich board with the Queen of Diamonds on it. Now we just need to get Frank Sinatra to go there with a 52-queen deck, and next thing you know, Clark will be talking like Dick Cheney (again).

His manner also reminds me of one of those "Star Trek" episodes in which Kirk ends up making the computer smoke, spark and explode by feeding it illogical or contradictory information. "Error ... must ... sterilize ... Nomad ... !"

[woodyinscc]

I think you are absolutely correct. I hope Rove and et al have contingency plans for just about anything. When the Clinton's are pulling the strings, there is no telling what will come down.