Clark should start a 3rd party- Called the "Patriot Party"-Clark/McCain 04

[TakebackAmerica]

It should be called the "Patriot Party."
We can run Clark and McCain.
We'll out flag Karl Rove & co.


Final Result:

Clark/McCain: 38
Bush/Cheney: 33
Kerry/Edwards: 29

[Maddy McCall]

1. He'll do it without me. I am a DEMOCRAT

[Catch22Dem]

4. Same here

Democrat all the way.

[tabasco]

11. Clark is Democratic too.

I'm not sure about the original poster. McCain is a loyal lapdog for the Bush corporate cabal. Clark would have nothing to do with him.

[knight_of_the_star]

2. That would be great

And you want to know the best part?

It could work.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

19. Right, with McCain as VP???

We're trying to get rid of the Republicans, remember?

[knight_of_the_star]

28. John McCain is a good man

He's no neocon imperialist.

[Davis_X_Machina]

33. Based on his voting record...

..I wouldn't call him 'a good man'.

I'd call him "Orrin Hatch with good PR skills."

[Mobius]

3. kick

:kick:

[ShaneGR]

No, Clark is a Democrat

He's said it about 5 million times. He's a Democrat and he loves the Democratic party.

[democratreformed]

10. Yes, he is a Democrat. And so am I

even though I am very upset right now. God, how I hope our party will not let us down. We simply cannot afford to lose.

[JVS]

5. I would vote for that

[LiberalBushFan]

6. If the Kerry ticket is what you hypothesize

then I'd agree that choice.

[abburdlen]

7. Nope

Eight ball does say ask again later.
Maybe after November.

[Uzybone]

8. True colors revealed

werent you just bashing the evil DNC? And now you want to team up with a conservative republican. Im glad most Clark supporters dont share your political views.

[TakebackAmerica]

15. I'm just suggesting McCain...

because he is a maverick GOPer. Could attract swing voters.

[John_H]

9. They would have to call that the

I-Should-Get-it-Over-With-and-Join-the-Army-or-at-Least-Watch-the-History-Channel-Every-Waking-Hour Party.

[LTR]

12. Not a chance

Going third party would be poison for Clark's political future and professional and personal reputation.

Clark wants Bush gone, and it won't happen with a third party nod.

Clark doesn't need the presidency, and I honestly think he's too good for it. He's got a great and prosperous future ahead of him, away from the limelight.

[Donkey007]

13. It doesn't matter...

he wouldn't do this.

[mitchum]

14. You do a disservice to Clark and his supporters...

with such an offensive idea

[TakebackAmerica]

18. sorry if I offended you..

Maybe Clark could win in a brokered convention....

[mitchum]

31. Hey, Clark was not my candidate...

but I still find the idea offensive. Clark IS a Democrat. McCain IS a republican

[SWPAdem]

16. Spare me McCain

He may butt heads with Bush on occasion, but his vision of America is just as rightfrickingwing as the rest of the GOPers. Yeeccccchhhh.

[deminflorida]

17. Clark the man I believe in would never do that to this

PARTY.

PERIOD....

The thread is not even worth visiting again.

[TakebackAmerica]

21. I guess your right

Should Clark run again in 2008?

[scheming daemons]

35. No...

because hopefully Kerry, Edwards, or Dean will be running for a second term.

I'd much rather Clark wait to run against Hillary for the Dem nomination in 2012.

[BurtWorm]

20. Clark has too much class to become another Perot.

Don't you think?

[Dookus]

23. indeed he does...

he'll be campaigning for the Dem nominee this fall, I promise that.

[YouMustBeKiddingMe]

22. Oh God. Another 3rd Party suggestion. Now we can split the

Democratic Party 3 ways. One for the Democrats, and minority parties for Clark and Dean/Green.

Great going guys.

[HazMat]

24. Such an outcome would probably not produce

an electoral majority, and would cause Bush to be re-Selected.

In order to win the presidency, you need a majority in the electoral college. If not, it goes to a vote in congress, and since it congress is controlled by Republicans they would pick Bush.

[TakebackAmerica]

36. good point!

You're right, it would split our Electoral votes in half.

[aquart]

25. Sorry, a third party is not welcome here. But I admire your nerve.

Clark/McCain would indeed bring out the Republican vote that is wholly disenchanted with Bush.

The Congress, both Republican and Democratic, might not be so enchanted. You think?

I mean, putting a sword in two metaphorical backs at once is an achievement, but tends to make one's own back vulnerable.

I think this was an impressive attempt to sabotage the election and I salute you.

[Julien Sorel]

26. It wouldn't work, and Clark wouldn't do it, neither would McCain.

Clark is a man of his word, and I think he thought long and hard before declaring his allegiance to the Democrats -- one of the reasons the whole Dean/Kerry 'Clark is a Republican' cheapshots were so low, and demonstrated the character issues both these men have.

McCain is a Republican through and through.

Where would the money come from? Where would the natural power base come from? Such a party would depend upon an appeal to the center, but the center-rights are still loyal to Bush, and Kerry is a center-leftist.

Let's just relax, catch our breath for a few days, listen to what Clark himself has to say, and take it from there. I have a low opinion of Kerry's ethics, but there are far worse people out there, many of them Democrats, some of them in this race.

[Edge]

27. That's just as insane as the Dean going Third Party thread...

It'll make Democrats look bad, it'd be assinine, and it'd show Clark was a sore loser. Also, it'll further divide the Democratic Party.

And if you remember your US History, anyone who breaks off a party and forms a branch of it...loses the election, hands down.

[BL_Zebub]

29. I don't see McCain being interested.

But I do see a Dean/Clark ticket annhilating the Kerry "electability" lie.

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[tishaLA]

32. No he shouldn't

Wesley Clark and I are BOTH democrats. I am one to the bone.

[mikehiggins]

34. Nonsense

There is no future for a third party in this country.

If you want to do something, rebuild the Democratic Party so we will have a real two-party system again.

Otherwise you're just pissing into the wind. Don't waste your time.

[krkaufman]

38. McCain is appealing on the surface

McCain is appealing on the surface, but not so much so when you look under the hood. His positions are nearly all right-wing -- but his campaign finance reform efforts have given him an outsider/reformist reputation.

[TakebackAmerica]

39. McCain sponsers bill to fight Global Warming

http://www.pewclimate.org/policy_center/analyses/s_139_summary.cfm

[Rowdyboy]

40. Not no but HELL no

You insult us by the suggestion

[Piperay]

41. NO way...

would I support Clark or anyone else in a third party run, the Democratic nominee gets my vote!

[incapsulated]

42. No, he shouldn't and he won't

He knows better and so should you.

[Clark Can WIN]

43. I am wiith the General no matter whar.

End of story.