Why Kerry needs Clark as VP choice

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http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-na-outlook3may03,1,3725502.column?coll=la-news-columns
RONALD BROWNSTEIN / WASHINGTON OUTLOOK

If Election Hinges on Iraq, Kerry May Need Added Firepower
Ronald Brownstein

May 3, 2004
Conventional wisdom among Democratic strategists has been that sooner or later national security will recede as a concern and bread-and-butter domestic issues will decide the presidential election. One senior party operative recently offered what he called the Google theory of 2004: If an Internet search about the campaign the day after the election turns up more references to Iraq than to the economy, that probably means President Bush has won.

But the continuing violence in Iraq is shaking these assumptions. It's no longer certain that domestic issues such as jobs and healthcare will displace Iraq as the central focus of public attention and the campaign debate. Nor is it certain that sustained attention on Iraq will benefit the president.

This transformed landscape will challenge both Bush and his Democratic opponent, Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts.

The dangers for Bush are most obvious. Iraq is his war. Bob Woodward, in "Plan of Attack," his extraordinary new book on the administration's march to the invasion, describes Vice President Dick Cheney as "a powerful, steamrolling force" for war.

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[Auntie Bush]

1. Three cheers for Ron Brownstein!

Finally someone is starting to publicly recognize Clark as a perfect choice for a running mate. Maybe the rest of the media will get on the bandwagon.

Love this quote from Clark. "Those who didn't serve, or didn't show up for service, should have the decency to respect those who did ... "

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