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Wesley Clark to enter the race

Unless my political radar is short-circuiting, this is the guy to watch out for. It'll take the right kind of campaign to get started at this point, but he sounds like a nearly perfect candidate, electability-wise. I wouldn't want to run against him. Though at least if I do, he'll have had 5 years to have built up a load of presidential mistakes. What I meant is I wouldn't want to be any of the other 2004 candidates right now.

A moderate/liberal retired four-star general with lots of international experience, and lots of TV and radio experience, who's a political outsider? The only thing he's missing is elected offical experience, but I don't think that's as big of a deal as people make it out to be. I think it's the prerequisite that isn't really one.

We'll see how it goes...but rest assured that this guy has the Bush campaign worried in a way that none of the other candidates even came close to.

Clark to enter presidential race

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) -- Wesley Clark, the retired general with a four-star military resume but no political experience, decided Tuesday to become the 10th Democratic presidential candidate, officials close to him said.

Fabiani did not reveal Clark's decision, but officials close to the former general said he told his fledgling campaign team that he's in the race.
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