I think that Edwardsd' be much more likely than Kerry to chose Clark as vp

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Kerry certainly could use alot to help him in the general election, but more Vietnam/defense/foriegn policy is not anywhere near the top of the list. He still could pick him, but I think clearly Clark doesn't have any better of a chance than Bob Graham or Evan Bayh or Dick Gephardt or especially Edwards himself.

However if Edwards is the nominee, Clark helps him in 2 major obvious ways. 1, he inoculates the "security-gap" that oh so many people stress about him to a large degree. I contend that it's a much smaller gap that people make it out to be considering it's strong potential for backfire when Bush is the candidate he's facing.

2, Edwards, on paper, has an enormously higher chance of being competative in Arkansas than Kerry ever would, and therefor, obviously is a huge plus as Arkansas+North Carolina becoming swingstates gives the GOP 20 electoral votes less of a margin of error, and Bush having to make a major effort to hold onto 2 "real" southern states(as most of Florida's population isn't dixie) would force him to do things to excite social conservatives in those states that turns off libertine leaning independants and moderate republicans everywhere.

This isn't a bash Edwards or Bash Kerry thread. It's just a consideration for people who would like to see a vp nominee Clark, and who would give them, I believe an obvious, better chance of that