What about Clark/Edwards?

[kanrok]

[Creideiki]

1. Sounds good to me

But it's still nothing that would make me start trumpeting that it was the political second coming of Clinton/Gore. :)

[ignoranceisstrength]

15. If Clark is a pro-corporate conservative he can't win the primary

It will be hard enough to get past the anti-military people, and if Clark is just another corporate whore, he'll lose big and we'll get Dean - God forbid.

I think Clark's military record is great, and so will most Democrats, but if he starts pulling NAFTA shit the Greens will desert and most Democrats won't bother.

I hope Clark can live up to the expectations - I've already been promised by Clark supporters that I will be surprised by how progressive he is. It's getting close to that time, I hope he doesn't screw it up.

[newyawker99]

24. Hi ignoranceisstrength!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[quam]

2. Edwards v. Cheney Debate...

would be fascinating.

[kanrok]

7. Edwards

Would kick Cheney's lying ass.

[waldenx]

3. why not Bush/Clark?

or McCain/Clark?
Starting wars and killing people seems to be the political zeitgeist.

[kanrok]

5. Yep

Kucinich/Sharpton....there's a winner.

[carpetbagger]

9. Or FDR/Clinton.

Generals follow orders. Clark got his from the Big Dog. He also got them from the Secretary-General of NATO, Javier Solana, who was a member of Spain's Socialist Party.

We didn't start the war in Kosovo. Milosevic did when he started sending out his goons to "cleanse" Kosovo.

[kanrok]

10. Agreed

[Hippo_Tron]

4. Two southernern moderates...

Is not a very balanced ticket. We need somebody a little more liberal to keep people from going Nader.

[kanrok]

6. Well

We had Clinton/Gore

[Hippo_Tron]

11. I didn't think of that...

But I think they still represented different spots on the political spectrum, Gore being a little more to the left. Plus there was no Nader in 1992.

[Creideiki]

12. Clinton wasn't really moderate

He was a pragmatic liberal. If he'd had his way we'd have gays fully integrated in the military and national health care. Both of those are far more liberal than moderate and in both cases he was thwarted by moderates that weren't ready to handle such radical ideas. Clinton just had to remake himself and put off some of his priorities in order to get at least part of what he considered important done.

This is in complete contrast to Clark or Dean who appears to me to really be moderate. Not that there's anything wrong with that. :)

[Hippo_Tron]

18. I actually consider him more moderate than Dean

And at the very least extremely effective working with a Republican Congress. Clinton was for increasing spending in very good things while cutting the budget minorly in other places. In addition, Clinton had the surplus rolling in to back up his plans. But enough about labels, anybody but Bush!!!

[kanrok]

19. You got it

[JI7]

13. edwards is a populist

his record of going after big business is very good.

[jenk]

22. Clark isn't southern, he's from Illinois

.

[CoffeePlease1947]

28. He moved when he was 2 years old

I don't think you can peg him as not being from Arkansas when he has lived their since was 2 years old. I guess Reagan was not from California, he was born in Illionis too. And Edwards was born in South Carolina, not North Carolina. And Jeb Bush cannot be from Florida, he was not born there. And also Hillary, she is from Illionis too, not Arkansas and New York.

Mike

[union_maid]

27. Moderate would be a revolution

from where we are today. Actually, Clark seems more like a liberal than a moderate to me, but either would be a radical departure from the near-facism that's taken hold. And as much as I'd love to get the Nader voters, those are not the ones that will turn the red states blue. The people the Democratic party really, really needs that it doesn't have are all the working and middle class people who vote Republican against their own best interests. The Democrats need to convince those people that they're not going to hell, not supporting terrorism and not supporting immorality by voting in favor of things like civil liberties, rights and protections for workers and a strong social safety net. I think that Clark is the best shot we've had in a long time to do that. There are any number of great VP candidates. Edwards would be fine, IMHO, and two southerners might get the votes where they're most needed. We have to stop conceding the south as well as keep the north. But hey, Clark/almost anyone would be a great ticket.

[uptohere]

8. I prefer Edwards/Clark

an actual politician and a little help with foreign policy and military perception.

[kanrok]

14. I can live with that

[Skwmom]

16. I really like Edwards.

I think such a ticket could be very attractive.

[seventhson]

17. Dean/Edwards or Clark would sound pretty good to me

anybody but Bush/Kerry the spy vs spy, skull vs skull election

[Woodstock]

21. Me, too, either would be good VP's for Dean

They would add balance/take off some of his rough edges.

[Woodstock]

20. I just saw him on the Daily Show

He'd make a good VP candidate, IMHO. He's comfortable in front of the camera/projects an accessible image well, so he could reach people (hey, that did wonders for Bush.)

[uptohere]

23. did more wonders for Clinton and Carter... as prsidential winners

[IndianaGreen]

25. Edwards could not even win reelection to the Senate

Why would anyone have this loser as a running mate?

[Speed8098]

26. How sad

Why would anyone have this loser as a running mate?

Please, enlighten us with your vast knowledge of John Edwards. I am anxious to see why he is such a loser.

Then tell us who to vote for.

[IndianaGreen]

29. Edwards became he loser when he chose to give up his Senate seat

in order to concentrate on his going-nowhere Presidential campaign. Even Gephardt and Lieberman are polling competitive numbers compared to Edwards.

[OldSoldier]

30. No one can win reelection to Edwards' seat

John Edwards sits in a one-term seat. Here's how I know:

Edwards beat Lauch Faircloth, who blew it because his rants about how evil lawyers were made the citizens of North Carolina look at how Faircloth runs his business--which is one of the largest, dirtiest factory hog farm companies in the state.

The senator before Faircloth was a true gentleman named Terry Sanford. Mr. Sanford was governor of North Carolina. He was one of the state's most beloved politicians--and he lasted one term in that seat.

I know that seat is going to change. Edwards' withdrawal from consideration for it means it may remain in the hands of the Democratic Party.

[tjdee]

31. What about Edwards/Clark?

If Edwards isn't at the top of the ticket, I'd be delighted with Clark/Edwards. I like them both, I'm sad for Edwards that he didn't get his day, but I'm glad that Clark is definitely in.

I do think it's premature to be handing Clark the nom, though. Maybe, to save social security, he wants us to eat puppies.

:shrug: