Reply #14: Me too. Of course he would also be an excellent S.o.S. but

[Tom Rinaldo]

politics has unwritten rules. There is absolutely no way to be confident that whoever gets the nomination, assuming Clark doesn't run and win, would appoint Clark to that role no matter how qualified he is. Most often a position like that goes to someone with close personal ties to the person elected President, usually someone who served as a close advisor to that person during their campaign.

We have some say as to who gets the nomination for President, through the primary process and all, but whatever influence almost all of us on this board have, microscopic as that might be, falls off dramatically regarding appointed positions, including the VP.

Clark still says he hasn't said he isn't running for President, and all the pundits think there's still plenty of time for a new Republican, like Fred Thompson, to enter the race, so I am just hanging back and waiting for now. There's plenty of time for me to get on board with someone else later if it comes to that.