>Regardless, the tools he has to affect the IPO are, as far as I can
>tell, no better than "Go away, kid, you bother me." If he uses
>anything more than that, he's effectively waving a big sign that says,
>"HI! I'M NOT JUST A EGOMANIACAL POLITICIAN, I'M SOMETHING MORE!
>INVESTIGATE ME!" The Danzig being destroyed is a bit of a red
>flag in itself; doing any more than that is pushing his luck.
>
>Peter Eng
>--
>Insert humorous comment here.

For all we know - and judging from some of the WOTR stuff this may well be more accurate than I think - Clark is SUPPOSED to be a big sign saying "Hi, I'm not just an egomaniacal politician, investigate me!".

Palpatine, for example, may well have his fingers up Clark's back pulling strings and going "Hey, Wedge Rats, Look! A Distraction!".