Today's Washington Post - Clark editorial

[DancingBear]

One of the many reasons why I feel Clark is the man to beat in 2004. The editorial is fairly honest in its portrayal - read the entire article (as well as one other non-editorial piece in today's Post, which also paints a fairly honest picture, warts and all) and decide for yourself.

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DALLAS -- Karl Rove had a bad moment here the other night. It came as Wesley Clark was speaking to a packed hotel ballroom, when the retired general derided the president of the United States for what was supposed to be his supreme, cinematic moment: landing on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln. "I don't think it's patriotic to dress up in a flight suit and prance around," Clark bellowed. The men had been separated from the boys.

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Whatever the reason, the general is on the move. Polls show him second to Howard Dean in New Hampshire -- Dean moving down, Clark moving up, with what his campaign says are approval ratings in the high 70s. Some of that can be explained by a palpable desire for "none of the above" and some by his record and some by the fact that on occasion he has delivered a good speech -- one, incidentally, that does not disparage his Democratic opponents.

link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18406-2204Jan14.html

[DancingBear]

1. dupe n/t