[TheGeezer]

What happens when Clark gets the nomination?

[PogySailor]

Which Clark? The pro-war in Iraq / Saddam has WMD Clark or the anti-war in Iraq / Saddam had no WMD Clark?

[My2Cents]

Yeah, that was my thought. This article was written -- like over two days ago -- when Dean was still a shoe-in. I still have to believe, however, that the Clintons consider 2004 to be the GOP's year, and that their putting forth of Wesley is only intended to, hopefully for them, keep control of the DNC apparatus. This is one reason I actually hope Dean gets the nomination -- he will rip control of the DNC away from the Clintons. The other reason is that he will get killed by GW Bush.

[hunter112]

What happens when Clark gets the nomination?

He's expendable. If he wrests the nomination away from Howie, then he helps the Clintons keep control of the Rat party. If he loses, his delegates still can keep their leadership (McAwful) from total meltdown. Either way, they can blame him for any losses.

And, if he should win, by some wild stretch of the imagination, or the untimely demise of President Bush, well, there's still the files on him to keep him in line. If he ever got close to the nomination, the Clintons would make damn good and sure that somebody they've got the goods on gets the Veep nod, then that person gets moved out after the 2006 NY Senate election, and Hillary becomes VP. Clark either steps down in 2008 for health reasons (dead being one possible reason), or his file gets made public, and he drops his run for re-election.

For the Clintons, its win-win-win, no matter how you look at it.