Reply #7: *cough* Clark *cough* [View All]

First of all, very thorough and well-thought criteria.

I'm not sure that I agree with #3 totally. I don't think he needs an attack dog, but someone with a little more bite might be useful to have on the ticket. But, yeah, they can't be a hothead (which puts Biden out, IMHO ... he's a loose cannon ... and makes Webb a bit more unlikely, too).

I think enough has been said about Clark as VP on the forum, so I won't belabor the point. I will add, however, that when I saw him in NH in 2004, he spoke very eloquently and personally about the move to don't-ask-don't-tell. IIRC, he tied it nicely to civil rights and the integration of the military--which others in the past said would never work--as well as making it an issue of personal decency--that is, doing the right thing for our 'sons and daughters'.