Reply #48: No, that won't be a problem

[jsw_81]

Candidates in the same party trash each other during the primaries but almost always unite after the nomination is decided. In 1980, Reagan and Bush said all kinds of nasty things about each other during their primary battle, but at the convention they united and went on to win the election. The same thing happened with Kennedy/Johnson in 1960, Stevenson/Kefauver in 1956 (although they lost to Ike) etc.

If Dean should win the nomination (and I hope he does), you can bet that Clark will be on his short-list for VP. If Clark should prevail, however, I think he'd consider Dean, but I doubt he'd be on the short-list. Time will tell.