So much for the idea that Wesley Clark might get anywhere near an Obama administration, let alone be VP:
* [new] He kept the date open... (38+ / 0-)
For a long time but we have a very active business that he needs to travel a lot for. He wasn't invited to speak at the convention. I'm sure somebody in his office called the campaign and asked if he was going to be invited to speak because he needs to book meetings for that week if he isn't in Denver. Apparently the answer that came back was no.
It's not a fake out or some secret plan, he isn't going to be VP or probably anything else in an Obama administration, assuming he's elected.
What he is going to do is go out and campaign for Obama and plenty of Democrats in house and senate races this Fall.
I know some you think you can change this by launching VP diaries a couple times a day in hopes that Obama will be swayed by the "netroots." Dude, when has that ever worked with this campaign?
It's a beautiful day. Go outside and get some sun.
"Apes don't read philosophy." "Yes they do, Otto, they just don't understand it!"
by WesClarkJr on Sat Aug 16, 2008 at 01:12:02 PM PDT
"When has that ever worked" indeed. Clark has become associated with the netroots and the progressive left, and Obama is clearly done with the progressive left in general and the netroots in particular. No big shocker - the guy's always been a centrist, but the way its been going down also makes clear that he is in no way practicing anything other than what he refers to as the "old politics," he's just doing so with his own particular style.
So be it. We'll all continue to work to get him elected, because the only alternative is unthinkable. But it's clear from even the most casual pulse-taking of the mood among much of the activist left that from the day he's sworn into office, we're going to have to be dogging his every step to keep him from merrily cruising down the same tired road of Washington-style compromises and capitulations that steered the nation into GOP dominance over the 90's.
And I think we're more than ready to do that. President (I hope) Obama may be in for some eye-opening surprises... |
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