Dumbledore and Draco's plotting

[ericoppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 153971

I think I can propose a simple explanation for why DD didn't act 
against Draco, and allowed his plotting to go ahead.

To put it bluntly, Draco Malfoy's been the Wile E. Coyote of Hogwarts 
for all his time there.  No matter what Cunning Plan he comes up with, 
it's always "Curses, foiled again!  I'd have gotten away with it if it 
weren't for those meddling Gryffindors!" at the end.

Given Draco's nonexistent track record of successes, why would 
Dumbledore associate the various bad things that have been happening 
(many of which were really rather clever) to Draco "This hasn't worked 
yet, so it's bound to this time!" Malfoy?  Frankly, if I'd been trying 
to find a clever, cunning person to execute a diabolical plan in 
Hogwarts, Draco "Pratfall" Malfoy (with or without his Stones-that-
Speak in tow) would be about the last person I'd even consider.

It would be like the Three Stooges suddenly revealing that they were, 
in fact, cunning ninja assassins, or Wile E. Coyote actually catching 
and eating the Road Runner.