during this interview.  He has a very direct gaze and kept fastening it on Harold Ford, who looked a little uncomfortable each time.  Clark's the perfect spokesman for the Obama campaign on the issue of McCain's lack of real foreign policy experience, and with his background his assessment is very difficult to assail.  

This interview reminds me why I jumped headlong into the Draft Clark movement back in July 2003.  I'll tell you, if Barack Obama doesn't pick Jim Webb for VP, Wes Clark would make a superb choice.

in the early 2000s told me.  She says he's incredibly bright, focused, articulate, and knowledgeable and believes he'd make a superb VP.

Plus he was a major Clinton backer.  He took a stand while Webb sat on the sidelines.  

Just as his personal Senate hero Moynihan was above the party fray it seems to me that Webb is far more interested in avoiding any conflicts within his own party, and has bent over backwards to prevent conflicts with the other side of the aisle in order to achieve his agenda.  He aspires to be the truth-teller of the Senate that Moynihan was, so it's not surprising that he chose not to pick one Democratic Senator over another.  Partisanship for its own sake does not interest him, nor do party politics.  He doesn't want any hurt feelings or suspicion of intra party partisanship to hamper his efforts to reach his goals.  

I have followed Gen Clark since 2003, also. I was on his short-lived  bandwagon. Thought he was the right guy for dealing with the post-9/11 world. I wasn't too happy when he choose HRC's campaign, but it looks to me like he's already re-positioned for some role in the Obama campaign. His book, "Winning Modern Wars" is a great read. Good critique of Gulf War II. Yes Sir, a great choice for VP. What a contrast he'd be to the last 8 years of Darth Cheney!

That is the real message here. I admire Gen. Clark's restraint; there was no mention of McCain's history of flash anger and belligerant bullying while at the Naval Academy, although that is well-known among his classmates. Force, force, force pretty well describes McBush's character, and there is no reason to suppose he will change his spots if he becomes President.  

Years ago, I favored a Clark/Obama 08 presidential ticket, but if Webb's not available, I'd be just fine with an Obama/Clark 08 ticket...

Thanks!

Steve

Wes Clark is consistently the most articulate and thoughtful retired military for as far back as I can remember. He's been calling out the Bush regime on Iraq and the misguided GWOT for years now, and he's never lost his common sense and equilibrium that I've seen. He has the added plus of being a southern who would bring in many Clinton supporters.
Why would he NOT be on Obama's shortest short list of VP candidates?  

This is clearly part of Gen. Clark's VP campaign that is now underway.  Its a smart strategy for Clark, b/c Obama is supposedly looking at retired military officers as VP candidates.  The name of Gen. James Jones, USMC (Ret.), former Marine Commandant and EUCOM/NATO Commander, is popping up.  For Obama it makes sense to consider, picking a non-politican would show that he's not interested in playing the politics as usual game.  Further, picking a military officer would strengthen his national security creds.  Clark may have been the sharpest military officer of his era.  He was promoted quickly but his ambition and self-promotion turned off many in the military.

We have to remember that Wesley Clark wanted this position and once worked hard for it.  He would have been Hillary's VP.  He is the uniter that we need for the party and the country.  The military may have thought he was too ambitious but that was probably because he was superior to them in intelligence and heart.  They were threatened by him. Plus, doesn't he have a degree in economics.  Obama/Clark would be the perfect ticket.  I once dreamed of Dean/Clark but we can take it this time.

Attack McCain's supposed and presumed strength--really, the only strength he is presumed to have. Don't get nasty about it (swiftboaters) but say it respectfully and with authority. And then say it again.

Clark's the #1 guy to deliver this message. The interviewers didn't know what to do with themselves.

The General is a great Democrat and a great American.