Clark: who's on board?

[Capn Sunshine]

As a partisan I am not in tune with this. What's the list of official endorsements? Please limit this to political figures (congress, Governor,Senator, mayor et al) Is Dianne Feinstein on board for ex? Last I heard , she was John Kerry.

[Red_Storm]

1. Why limit the endorsements only to politicians?

[windansea]

2. heard a rumor

that a big dog likes him.

[wyldwolf]

17. You mean THE Big Dog?

[moz4prez]

18. you mean this big dog?

[wndycty]

3. Here is a start

Congressmen: Charlie Rangel, Anthony Weiner, Marion Berry, Rahm Emanuel

Civil Rights: Andrew Young

Mayor: Michael Coleman, Columbus, Ohio

[kang]

4. The official website used to list them

but it's not on there anymore (must have needed to make space for other more pressing things). Off-hand, there were a fair number of Texas Dems, Arkansas Dems (of course), Rep. Emmanuel from Chicago (former Clinton aide), Rep. Rangel, U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee (Michigan), Columbus mayor Michael Coleman, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, S.C. Rep. James Clyburn, New York state Senate Minority Leader David Paterson, the Legislature's highest ranking black member, U.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis (Tennessee), Montana Senator Max Baucus, Former South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges, and of course the Clintons (just kidding!).


And then on the lighter side, there's Madonna, Ben Affleck (J-Lo by default), and his childhood pal Mary Steenburgen and her husband Ted Danson who are both pretty active Hollywood fundraisers.

Hope that helps!

Andy

[wndycty]

5. Isn't Clyburn with Gephardt?

:kick:

[Melinda]

8. Yep.

[Melinda]

6. Clark's Congressional endorsements:

US Rep Dale E. Kildee MI
US Senator Blanche Lincoln AR
US Senator Mark Pryor AR
US Representative Marion Berry AR
US Representative Mike Ross AR
US Representative Vic Snyder AR
US Representative Mike Thompson CA
US Representative Rahm Emanuel IL
US Representative Betty McCollum MN
US Senator Max Baucus MT
US Representative Anthony Weiner NY
US Representative Charlie Rangle NY
US Representative Steve Israel NY
US Representative Lincoln Davis TN

[Gloria]

7. Congressman Kildee; Native American Times; a bunch of mayors from

Georgia
Possibly Leon Panetta--heard on TV saying very positive things
Ted Sorensen, JFK speechwriter...

[kang]

9. Samantha Power too

Samantha Power is the Pulitzer prize-winning author of "A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide" and founder of the Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard's Kennedy School of Public Policy. She lectures there.

I found this relevant since her book was one of the reasons I came to admire General Clark in the first place.

Andy

[MariaS]

10. Here's what I found on Vote Smart

Organizations--State
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Arkansas Education Association
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Individuals--National
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Max Baucus, United States Senator (D-MT)

Marion Berry, United States Representative (D-AR)

George Bruno, Democratic National Committee member, Ambassador to Belize, Lawyer

Lincoln Davis, United States Representative (D-TN)

Blanche Lincoln, United States Senator (D-AR)

Madonna, Musician, Actress

Jim Matheson, United States Representative (D-UT)

Betty McCollum, United States Representative (D-MN)

Mark Pryor, United States Senator (D-AR)

Charles Rangel, United States Representative (D-NY)

Mike Ross, United States Representative (D-AR)

Vic Snyder, United States Representative (D-AR)

Gene Taylor, United States Representative (D-MS)

Mike Thompson, United States Representative (D-CA)

Anthony Weiner, United States Representative (D-NY)
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Individuals--State
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Karla Bradley, Arkansas Democratic Party Vice Chair

Sean Bradley, Texas Young Democrats President

Gabi Canales, Texas State Representative (D-Alice)

Jaime Capelo, Texas State Representative (Corpus Christi)

Joaquin Castro, Texas State Representative (San Antonio)

Norma Chavez, Texas State Representative (El Paso)

Juan Escobar, Texas State Representative (D-Kingsville)

Pete Gallego, Texas State Representative (D-Alpine)

Bob Gammage, Former Congressman and Texas Supreme Court Justice

Lynda Gammage, Texas Democratic Campaign Leader

Ryan Guillen, Texas State Representative (D-San Diego)

Jim Hodges, Former South Carolina Governor

David Holmes, Democratic National Committee member (Texas)

Mark Homer, Texas State Representative (D-Paris)

Jesse Jones, Texas State Representative (Dallas)

Brian Joyce, Massachusetts State Senator

Barbara Lawton, Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor

Glenn Lewis, Texas State Representative (D-Fort Worth)

Molly Beth Malcolm, Texas Democratic Chair

Brewster McCracken, Austin (Texas) City Councilman

Jim McReynolds, Texas State Representative (D-Lufkin)

Rick Noriega, Texas State Representative (D-Houston)

Jim Normand, Attorney, Former New Hampshire State Representative

Ron Oliver, Arkansas Democratic Party Chair

Solomon Ortiz, Jr. Nueces County (Texas) Democratic Party Chair

John Pouland, U.S. General Services Administration Regional Administrator, Former Executive Director, Texas General Services Commission

Robert Puente, Texas State Representative (D-San Antonio)

Richard Raymond, Texas State Representative (D-Laredo)

Jim Solis, Texas State Representative (D-Harlington)

Denny Sumpter, Arkansas State Representative

Barry Telford, Texas State Representative (D-DeKalb)

Carlos Uresti, Texas State Representative (San Antonio)

Miguel Wise, Texas State Representative (D-Weslaco)

Dave Wood, Wisconsin State Representative, Former Assembly Majority Leader

[ShimokitaJer]

13. Madonna rates "national" but Affleck doesn't even rate "state"

Indeed a sad day for Matt Damon and "Reindeer Games" fans everywhere

[TexasSissy]

11. Feinstein voted for the Medicare bill, so I'm not so sure her

endorsement would be helpful to any Democrat. Read an article that stated her hubby was awarded a big fat government contract, and she shortly before or after that, voted along with the Repubs FOR the awful, terrible, shocking Medicare bill. So I get the impression that if someone pays her enough, she'll endorse 'im. But would it be advantageous? It didn't help Gov. Davis that she backed him in the recall effort.

[Capn Sunshine]

12. Feinstiens hubby is a developer

I don't know if guvvie work is his forte.
Thanks to all who have keptthis thread civil and informative.

PS I have heard That Babs Boxer has attended Clark fundraisers, but don't know if that is significant since they are all dems.

[TexasSissy]

15. Yep, that's the guy. A developer, got an army contract.

I saw Feinstein's speech at the Medicare debates (C-SPAN). It was perplexing. Then I read about the government contract thing. It made sense to me and explained her position on the bill.

[BootinUp]

14. Here's a new one

For Immediate Release
Date: December 30, 2003

Georgia Mayors Support Clark
Little Rock - Today, Wes Clark's presidential campaign received the support of Mayor Floyd Griffin of Milledgeville, who joined General Clark in Savannah, and Mayor Jack Ellis of Macon.

"It's an honor to have Mayor Griffin and Mayor Ellis stand beside me in my campaign especially since -- we stood together before -- as soldiers in Vietnam," said Clark. "These two men have fought hard to bring equal opportunity and economic development to people all across Georgia. And it's clear that Mayor Ellis and Mayor Griffin are giving to the people of Georgia as much as they gave to the military and to our country during their years of service."

http://clark04.com/press/release/147/

[Renew Deal]

16. David Denenberg

Nassau County Legislator

Speculating since he is on as a Clark delegate.