Reply #17: Clark/Kerry Maybe...

[DistressedAmerican]

I was hoping after Kerry got the nomination that he would see reason and nominate Clark (whop I think was far stronger at the top). I think that was a hard call to make since around that time, Kerry thought he could win it with Vietnam. The problem being, its kind of awkward to have the lieutenant with 4 months combat experience at the top of the ticket when the bottom is a 4 star general, supreme allied commander. Opens you to questions of who is REALLY better qualified.

That being said, Clark shot himself in the foot. When they decided they didn't have the money to mount a challenge in both Iowa and New Hampshire, they should have gone with a the moderate Midwestern state rather that trying to run right between the home states of Kerry and Dean. Really don't know what they were thinking with that move.