Why Wes Clark is a good candidate for 2008
Here's a little bonus post. These will become more common as we approach 2008.
I tell any Democrat who would listen to me that if they really want to win in 2008 they would nominate Barack Obama or Wes Clark. Now Obama is an obvious dream choice, but they always flip out when they hear Clark's name. "What the . . .no way. No way Clark could pull it off."
It's a microcosmic example of what's wrong with the Dems as a whole. So few of them see the strengths that Clark brings to the table.
The main ones:
He's really their only bona fide war leader, which is so much better and more strategic than running a "war hero" like they did last time. Clark was supreme commander of the NATO force or whatever it was back in 1999. Now it's no Afghanistan, but then again it sure as hell ain't Iraq either. Kosovo was a bullshit war but because no one died (well, no Americans anyway) and no one knew where it was anyway. (If the media ever bothered to take a look at this war, it would probably hurt Clark; the war managed to be waged on bad intelligence, cost us billions, alienate our allies and strengthen the Islamist horde, but whatever, the media never will examine the history of anything, and God knows I'm not because I'm not a neocon blogger)
On top of Kosovo, he has a distinguished and spotless military career. He's a perfectly believable and credible wartime candidate for the Democrats to run, I think really their only one.
Closely related to this is the fact that no one knows anything about Wes Clark. He can reinvent himself freely because no one associates anything with him but a vague feeling of martial skill and leadership.
Wes Clark is from Arkansas, which I've said for years could turn Democrat virtually overnight, especially given a homegrown boy. He's also Catholic, which might mitigate a little of the fallout he would take for adopting a voter-friendly immigration plan.
I really think Clark ultimately would be a much stronger candidate than Obama or Mark Warner, but for various statistical reasons I'm giving them both a little edge over him for now.
I tell any Democrat who would listen to me that if they really want to win in 2008 they would nominate Barack Obama or Wes Clark. Now Obama is an obvious dream choice, but they always flip out when they hear Clark's name. "What the . . .no way. No way Clark could pull it off."
It's a microcosmic example of what's wrong with the Dems as a whole. So few of them see the strengths that Clark brings to the table.
The main ones:
He's really their only bona fide war leader, which is so much better and more strategic than running a "war hero" like they did last time. Clark was supreme commander of the NATO force or whatever it was back in 1999. Now it's no Afghanistan, but then again it sure as hell ain't Iraq either. Kosovo was a bullshit war but because no one died (well, no Americans anyway) and no one knew where it was anyway. (If the media ever bothered to take a look at this war, it would probably hurt Clark; the war managed to be waged on bad intelligence, cost us billions, alienate our allies and strengthen the Islamist horde, but whatever, the media never will examine the history of anything, and God knows I'm not because I'm not a neocon blogger)
On top of Kosovo, he has a distinguished and spotless military career. He's a perfectly believable and credible wartime candidate for the Democrats to run, I think really their only one.
Closely related to this is the fact that no one knows anything about Wes Clark. He can reinvent himself freely because no one associates anything with him but a vague feeling of martial skill and leadership.
Wes Clark is from Arkansas, which I've said for years could turn Democrat virtually overnight, especially given a homegrown boy. He's also Catholic, which might mitigate a little of the fallout he would take for adopting a voter-friendly immigration plan.
I really think Clark ultimately would be a much stronger candidate than Obama or Mark Warner, but for various statistical reasons I'm giving them both a little edge over him for now.
posted by WinChoice | 8:30 PM
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