can someone tell me why the dnc didn't put up clark?

[homerthompson]

i'm sure this topic has been covered ad nauseum, either here or elsewhere on the internets... but my google-fu is not that strong, so be kind please!

anywayz here's my query: the republican reich always tries to portray dem's as weak on national security... so then clark would've been a great candidate for us to put up since he's a former general...

so why did he not get the nomination, and kerry did? and are those reasons 'official' somehow, like listed somewhere on the dnc site for instance, or is it the consensus of opinions (like how dean supposedly lost b/c of the filtered yell)