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May 03, 2004

The Titanic's first mate
Posted by McQ

Oh goodie:

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark's stock in the Democratic veepstakes is rising again, a new report says.

Sen. John Kerry's campaign believes Clark would be a big plus in its bid to convince voters that a Democratic White House would be just as tough on security issues as Republicans.

Also on Kerry's short list are Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.), Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) and Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, Newsweek reported.

But only Clark - a four-star former supreme allied commander of NATO - is a fellow Vietnam vet with command experience. Clark, Edwards and Gephardt lost to Kerry during the presidential primaries.

I don't think its been lost on any regular readers of QandO that I hold Wesley Clark in very low regard. I can't especially argue with the logic of the claim above ... on the surface, it makes sense. Its only when you get into the personality and the details where it falls apart.

Clark is a loose cannon in political terms. He doesn't have the temperment nor the experience to weather a campaign well ... especially as the second fiddle.

With the Kerry campaign already adrift, Clark would be the spark in the powder magazine to sink it completely (and you may quote me on that Capn' Ed.)

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