Cronkite said it: "I have a feeling Clark will enter"

[Maddy McCall]

Above all other opinions, I trust this one. He just said it on Larry King Live, and he said that he would make a very strong candidate that would "leave rumblings" across the Dem field.

I hope he's right.

[alcuno]

1. I like Clark

but I have predicted that he will not get in. Don't know why; just a feeling I've had for some time now. I go back to his statements last January and February where he said he wanted to hear what the candidates said before he made his decision. I think he's heard what he needed to hear.

[jenk]

2. As soon as Braun drops out, Clark enters

.

[w4rma]

3. "doesn’t eat into Dean’s lead…Dean is the only one who could hold his own"

…
Under the Clinton scenario, Kerry would fall into the second tier of Democratic hopefuls, favored by just 16 percent of voters. All the other Democratic candidates would be relegated to the single digits.

Dean’s support among independent- and reform-minded voters seems intact with or without Clinton in the race while Kerry would find his base of support among traditional Democratic voters threatened, according to Herald pollster R. Kelly Myers.

"If Hillary Clinton suddenly expressed some interest in the race, the biggest potential loser is Kerry," Myers told the Herald. "She doesn’t eat into Dean’s lead at all ... As of today, Dean is the only one who could hold his own (against Clinton)."
…
http://www4.fosters.com/News2003/July2003/July_28/News/reg_pol_0728a.asp

A new Prez Preferece poll
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=190456

Clark V Dean
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=196331

…
What started as a point-by-point review of his economic and health care policies turned quickly into his dissertation on foreign affairs in Cuba, Saudi Arabia, North Korea and Iraq. Dean has been getting tutored on foreign policy by numerous experts, including retired Marine Gen. Joseph P. Hoar. He has also had several private conversations with retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, the former NATO commander who some Democrats see as an attractive running mate for Dean if Clark does not join the race himself.
…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34389-2003Aug22.html

Dean launches 'Sleepless Summer Tour'
Would consider Wesley Clark as running mate
…
Dean-Clark in 2004?

On Sunday, Dean told CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" that -- if nominated by his party -- he would consider tapping retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark as a vice presidential running mate.

"Yes," Dean said when asked whether he would consider asking the former NATO supreme commander to join his ticket.

"There would be a great many people, of course, that would be considered as a potential running mate. And I must say, I think it's much too early to discuss potential running mates. I mean, we're five months from the time the first official vote and delegate selection takes place.

"So I find it very premature. But I think Wes Clark, he's somebody I keep in close touch with. He's a terrific person, very bright, very capable, very thoughtful. Our views coincide on a number of matters, and he is -- I certainly can't say enough good things about him. It would be tough to run against him."

Clark, a former CNN military analyst, said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation" he would make a decision on whether to run for president "in the next week or two."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/24/dean/index.html

[Maddy McCall]

4. Clark won't run as Dean's mate.

He will run for President, but I honestly can't see him paired with Dean. All candidates would probably love to have Clark on the ticket with them, but it ain't gonna happen. He will run top on the ticket.

[newsguyatl]

5. whew

good to finally know our savior IS, in fact, a democrat...


wait, he IS a democrat isn't he? didn't he just decide that a few days ago?


whew.... because i would have hated for our democratic savior to be undecided or worse, a republican...

[Maddy McCall]

7. Because some federal positions don't allow overt partisanship...

because he answered to both parties as a military commander...
look at his ideology...he's always been a democrat.

I teach college, and I have never announced to my students my political affiliation, but does that make me any less Democratic or any more Republican? If I were to express the full extent of my political views in my professional position, I could get canned. But all of my friends and acquaintances know my political views. (If you are a journalist (?) then I shouldn't have to inform you of all this.)

And, yes, I think he has potential to be "our savior" that no other candidate possesses: potential to save us from bush in 2004.

[diplomats]

9. Nice rebuttal

eom

[Julien Sorel]

8. He's actually hoping to be VP,

so he can assassinate the president and take his place.

Isn't that the kind of 'clear thinking' you appreciate? It was the other day.

[democracyindanger]

10. SHHHH!

That's not the Clark meme to be pushing today. Jeebus, check your secret decoder ring every once in a while.

[LizW]

11. Democratic savior

<snarf>

What, newsguy? It's not enough for you that he's pretty? And a GENERAL??:evilgrin:

[diplomats]

12. He's got a lot going for him than that

eom

[southern democrat]

6. He said Clark would be powerfull candidate