June 16, 2003
Anyone Else??
In this story, we come to find out that former NATO Supreme Commander, General Wesley Clark, is considering running for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. Don’t get me wrong, I think he’s got some promise and potential, but that would be the tenth candidate to jump in on the side of the Donkey, and I’m just wondering if they’re going to spend all their energy and money fighting each other, leaving them incapable of mounting a necessary attack on the transparent credibility and invisible accomplishments of the Bush/Supreme Court administration…
I think that in such a large field, it will come down to the person with the most money winning the nomination - Kerrey - and I wonder if the person with the best message or best chance might lose out due to monetary concerns. Dean is going to start running commercials THIS WEEK, others won’t be far behind now that he’s thrown down the gauntlet, and I think it’ll end up looking like Florida’s gubernatorial election last year….the big fight was over who got the Dem’s nomination, then McBride got steamrolled by “Jeb?”
And even though I’m not a registered Dem, I do belong to the unofficial “Anyone but Bush” third party, I just want the “anyone” to have a legit chance at reclaiming this country for all the citizens, not just the ones who can afford it…
Posted by bigga at June 16, 2003 06:53 PM
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I see Clark as being a highly viable VP candidate. Since the Dems are generally seen as weak on national security compared to Repubs, having the General on the ticket would really be something.
Dean/Clark 2004! Or really, Anybody/Clark!
(Also, I love how in that story they make an issue over how he "would not disclose which party's nomination he would seek." Like if he was a Republican he'd try to go up against Bush. (Actually, I'd enjoy that.))
The original AP story I read, but could not find later, said that he wasn't interested in being VP, nor challenging Bush in the Republican primaries, and that he had been visiting Democratic fundraisers to outline his interest in running. Very nudge-nudge, wink-wink, know what I mean stuff, huh?
I think it's a safe bet either Kerrey/Clark/Graham will end up on the ticket, to give it that "we're serious about nat'l defense" look, instead of the "baby-eating, go ahead and bomb us" stereotype often applied to the D's
