With Hillary Clinton perhaps ready to finally return to Chappaqua like a latter-day but defeated Cincinnatus, we can turn our attention to something that really matters – Barack Obama’s choice of running mate. There’s been a significant boomlet for Jim Webb recently as he’s one of the few Democrats with military bona fides. But Webb’s dubious record regarding the fairer sex seems unlikely to mollify the bitterly disappointed Hillary supporters who are threatening to vote for McCain. So where do the Democrats turn? Lefty blogger Matt Stoller thinks he has the perfect answer: Wes Clark! Clark not only has military credentials, but Stoller argues “the guy won a war using multi-lateral strategies with zero American casualties.” While that summation vastly overstates Clark’s purported heroics (and redefines “war” in a rather dramatic way), Clark did look good in a uniform and had great grades at West Point. In spite of Stoller’s enthusiasm for Clark, one problem related to the retired general leaps to mind. Clark ran for president before and was a simply awful candidate. How does Stoller deal with the this potential stumbling block? He denies it.
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