I Thought DEAN Was the Frontrunner?

Kevin Siers of the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer isn't very considerate of the feelings of the deep space nine other Democratic Presidential hopefuls in this cartoon:

But isn't it accurate? (The little car, I mean. Clark's tank strikes me as being about as formidable as one of the decoys used to confuse the Iraqis before the ground campaign in '91. Looks good, but no armor, gun or engine. Just a heat source.)