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Can Wesley Clark be the Democrats' Ike?
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Aug 18, 2003 04:43pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Christian Science Monitor |
| News Date | Monday, August 18, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Supporters pressure former general to get into the race, but Clark, for now, is mum.
By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON – "Hey, have a Clark bar!" says John Hlinko to a visiting reporter at the headquarters of DraftWesleyClark.com, a block east of the White House. He hands over the chocolate peanut-butter crunch candy, tickled by his latest promotional trick.
Next comes a cascade of folded letters - 30,000 of them, printouts of e-mails from Clark supporters encouraging him to run for president, the Clarkites say - tumbling off a table. Above hangs a map of the United States encrusted with little red and white flags showing where Gen. Wesley Clark, former supreme allied commander of NATO, has clusters of support.
Will he or won't he? Time is ticking away - and may have run out - for newcomers to enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Now that Sen. Joe Biden (D) of Delaware has opted out, General Clark remains the only prominent possible addition to the Democratic field - and he still hasn't declared if he's a Democrat. (Rumors still abound that 2000 Democratic nominee Al Gore may yet jump in, but analysts say that's unlikely. Ditto for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.)
Clark has said he'd decide by the end of summer, and hinted at an announcement Labor Day weekend - just in time, if the answer is yes, to take part in the first Democratic primary presidential debate on Sept. 4. |
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