CLARK BARS
Some time ago, I recall hearing the name Wesley Clark suggested as a possible Democratic candidate for the office of President.
I've heard little from him since that time, but I still see him as an interesting possibility even at this late-date for getting started .
Certainly,with the placing of an authentic General on the ballot might well help overcome the feeling so many voters seem to have which insists that the Democratic party and the military are eternally at odds.
He is from Arkansas. Here's another man with a flair for leadership and with organizational ability proved in his career thus far. His manner suggests action, movement, and he excites his followers to positive manner.
His is a far better picture to place before voters. I think there are factions in the Democratic party who would welcome such an individual with such firm conviction and support him.
His chances of being nominated improve each day the present stable of potential runners engage in their curious contest to see who can raise the most money. By doing so they confirm that which a great many Americans already have come to believe, that the forth coming election is to be bought, rather than earned or merited.
If this is to be what some call a “sacrificial year” for Democrats it is better to take the chance which does exist on someone considered to be an outsider rather than a regular party sequencer.
In light of our increasing involvement in situation in the middle East, it might seem very wise for Democrats at their party might logically set forth a candidate who can, at least, make a convincing showing of militant capabilities. Wesley Clark has the proved ability to accomplish goals the average politician only talks ab out doing. He has not held back in being critical of the way in which the present wars are being waged.
Age is an important factor in this election, too. Think about it. Hillary Clinton, who has many people believing she will wait until the “next time”, will be in her sixties by that time. Others considering an Oval cal Office try will be even older, General Wesley Clark among them. Senator Clinton has not yet said she will not run and alluded to that possibility by saying ”well you never know what might happen” on a British television interview last week. For many this is a “now-or-never” decision.
Now, as mid-July 2003 whizzes past, the situation is, I think, that Hillary Rodham Clinton can have the Democratic Party's nomination if she asks for it, but I see little choice being made from the fund raisers running more or less rump-to-rump in their primaries.
A Wesley Clark ticket with any one of the others deemed to have raised the most money, in the V-P slot, would do well. Very well.
A.L.M. July 16, 2003 [c499wds]
