Reply #15: Clark truly won't take a VP offer

[maxr4clark]

...because he wouldn't be good at the job. The VP's primary function is to pull the administration's weight around in the Senate. Kerry or Gephardt would be much better at that than Clark, and Clark knows it. I also think Clark firmly believes that he can find a better way to help the country as a private citizen than to get stuck babysitting the Senate.

Clark is not a career politician. He is not thinking about running in 2008 if he doesn't win this year, so he isn't particularly interested in becoming VP as a stepping stone to running again next time. He has responded to a draft movement because he agrees that he is exactly the kind of leader the country needs this election year, and he sees exactly what he can do to help the country as President.

These are my own opinions, but they are formed based on my judgment of the man having read his book and all of his campaign literature.

Clark would make a better Secretary of State or Secretary of Defense than a VP. If Dean wins the nom, he should pick somebody else as his running mate, and get back to Clark about one of these two positions if and when he wins the Presidency. Until he does win the Presidency, though, Clark would be foolish to think Dean had the job to offer. And Clark isn't foolish.

The conspiracy theory that Clinton is manipulating the political scene for his own purposes with Clark as his tool is ridiculous, just as ridiculous as my recurring daydream that Kucinich is a Martian because he reminds me of the guy who played Martin in the old sitcom "My Favorite Martian".