proselytism

[rone]

I am throwing my support behind Wesley Clark (not merely because of this, that is, but it's a good quote).

"If [Republican strategist] Karl Rove is watching today, Karl, I want you to hear me loud and clear: I am going to provide tax cuts to ease the burdens for 31 million American families -- and lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty -- by raising the taxes on 0.1 percent of families -- those who make more than $1,000,000 a year. You don't have to read my lips, I'm saying it," Clark said.

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[wisn.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen significant differences between Dean and Clark, excepting campaign style. I'm inclined to back Dean largely because of the quality of the campaign behind him, but I haven't read policy statements from either yet so I'm not putting a foot in any camp.

While I'm writing this, a two-hour debate hosted by NPR is wrapping up. Clark didn't appear because he's not campaigning in Iowa (where the debate is being held). Dean spent most of his time fending off attacks by Lieberman, Kerry and Gephart, all of whom are hell-bent on being the anti-Dean. Kucinich brought visual aids, so he's jumped the shark. Carol Moseley Braun made the best show, but only because she wasn't part of the four-way tussle and was left to state her positions rather than attack or defend the other candidates.

I think it's already down to a Clark/Dean face-off. A Dean-Clark or Clark-Dean ticket in the fall would be a Democrat dream, but whether it happens will depend too much on how much blood is spilled in the primary.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

My impression is that neither Clark/Dean ticket is going to happen, because these guys both have excessively large egos and there's been too much friction between the campaigns over it already. But who knows; I'd have said the same thing about Reagan/Bush in 1980.

Government-wise (as opposed to politics-wise), the best thing might be for either one to have a cabinet-level post in the other's administration; say Clark as Secretary of Defense, State or national security advisor, or Dean as Secretary of HHS.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

By the way, the rumor-mill buzz has been that Dean's likely to pick Bob Graham as a running mate if nominated. It makes a kind of sense.

Other people have been urging him to pick Jesse Jackson Jr., but I don't think that's gonna happen.