Reply #12: Yes, that was/is ridiculous.

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I remember Michael Moore saying that Clark was a "gift." That he could be a great democratic president, but also give the democratic ticket a lot of credibility. Since many people see dems as soft on terror and defense, and 2004 was the first election after 9-11, and we were in Iraq, a respected general would win many "terror" voters over.

But alas, that seemed to be why many dems didn't want to nominate him. :shrug:

I also thought that the fact Clark voted for Reagan would allow him to connect with independents and disgruntled republicans. Someone on DU recently said something to the effect of "I find I am able to persuade republicans better when I don't come accross as blindly supporting every democrat."

But alas, that seemed to be why many dems didn't want to nominate him. :shrug:

I do think people are warming up to Clark more as time goes on though.