Senator Durbin favors Wes Clark for vp

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my favorite vp choice is Edwards but i would be happy with Clark also. i know many of you feel he is being ignored so i thought the clark supporters would enjoy reading about this. while durbin has good things to say about many, it does seem he favors wes clark. also, durbin was picked by Kerry to head a top position at the dnc along with stephanie tubbs jones so you know durbin's opinion will mean something to kerry.

<Sen. Dick Durbin isn't flatly denying he'd run for vice president if Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry asked, but neither does he seem to be holding his breath waiting.

Instead, Durbin is touting four former Kerry primary foes for the No. 2 slot on the Democratic ticket, especially retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark of Arkansas.

"I think what's happened over the last month or two may be a strong argument for Clark," said Durbin, a Springfield Democrat. "I think there's a genuine concern about how we're going to get out of this Iraqi situation and how we're going to deal with the war on terrorism."

Durbin recently mentioned Clark to Kerry's vice presidential search coordinator, Jim Johnson, a Washington, D.C., businessman and former aide to Vice President Walter Mondale.

The veteran lawmaker also talked about Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who he said could hit the ground running and help Kerry in border states like Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia; Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri, who could help in Midwestern states like Ohio and Iowa; and Sen. Bob Graham of Florida, the state that ended up deciding the 2000 election.>

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