George McGovern to Endorse Wesley Clark

[D2bets]

OK, so let me get this straight. Dean, Kerry, Lieberman, et al claim that Clark is a Republican. Michael Moore and Geore McGovern are endorsing Wesley Clark. So I guess then by that logic, the ultra left-wing liberal Moore and the posterboy for a liberal democratic presidential candidate McGovern are endorsing...a Republican. Who'd have thunk it?

 

[FloydGondolli]

Moore has already admitted that he would endorse the candidate that he believes has the best chance of defeating Bush. And Moore is wise enough to realize that the pseudo-Republican Clark has a better chance than the other Democrats.

As far as McGovern goes, that is like an NFL quarterback getting an endorsement from Ryan Leaf. I would would keep that to myself if I was Clark. Who's he gonna march out next, that political powerhouse Walter Mondale??

 

[lander]

Lots of people are getting lots of endorsements ...

nothing interesting here.

 

[D2bets]

lander, I think these endorsements are intersting because they're from folks who are widely accepted as liberals in favor of someone who is being accused of being a Republican. It helps to delegitimize that caim. At the same time, come general election time it will be difficutlt for Bush to portray Clark as too liberal, despite these endorsements.

Floyd, McGovern would have been horrible for Dean for obvious reasons. But those problems don't apply to Clark. This kind of endorsement helps t make Clark more appealing to liberals who want to beat Bush, but who were concerned about Clark after being labeled a Republican by his opponents.

 

[Brazil4Worldcup2002]

spare me the details...i want a straight answer!
how safe is my 300 pounds on Dean??

 

[D2bets]

A2, not safe at all. 50/50 at best. Kerry and Clark both have shots.

 

[chonce]

Moore is supporting Clark, just so the AMerican people can laugh at Bush's resume as a member of the military come debate times.

TO be frank, I dont think I could reasonably vote for any of these Democrats. It would just be a means to try and get the horrific, and careless George Bush out of office. I will likely vote liberterian again this time around, and sleep well at night.

Not that it matters, after it gets filtered through the electorial college, and the blue/red state element of our voting process, my vote will be rather meaningless no matter who I vote for

 

[lander]

D2,
From what I hear Gephardt almost certainly needed Iowa outright to have a sliver of hope (I'd guess in large part to the high number of pro-union votes in Iowa) ...

the polls are showing he's slipping, which is very disturbing because not only is he not snagging the 15% of undecideds, but he's actually losing support

Do you suspect he'll conceed within a week? Who do you think he'll endorse (I've narrowed it down to not Dean, not Al, not Dennis

).

 

[D2bets]

lander, if Gep doesn't win, he's toast, but he probably won't concede that until after he's a non-factor in NH. As for who he'd endorse, I have absolutely no idea, maybe nobody.

My only hope today is I'm hoping that Kerry does not win. A Kerry win is a worst-case scenario for Clark. A Gephardt win is great because it hurts both Dean and Kerry while Gep has little going forward anyway.