Reply #55: you hit the nail on the head [View All]

[Carolina]

Remember the 1976 Republican Convention. It was a rather tight race between Ford and Reagan. Ford won the nomination but in the end, many people thought the party had nominated the wrong man. And, indeed, Ford went down in defeat.

I am a Clark person because I firmly believe he can win. He attracts disaffected repugs and military folks. He can pull some red states to our side forcing Bush to do battle in areas that he otherwise would take for granted. And most important of all, he's untouchable on military/foreign affairs. He walks the talk.

Dean tapped into my anti-war anger and I like him. But he is the former governor of a small New England state with a fairly homogeneous population numbering less than that of most major metropolitan areas in the US. Add to that no military or foreign policy experience and I fear we'll get creamed.

Clark is an outsider, a non-politician (which in the eyes of many is a good thing) with leadership experience, crossover appeal and an impeccable resume. Frankly, I like a Clark-Dean ticket: south/north, foreign-military/domestic, both strongly, vocally anti-Bush. Above all I'm ABB and I don't want to be crying the morning after the election. I think the two of them are the best but that Clark needs to be at the top of the ticket.