Reply #69: It has already been pointed out to you that Democrats hold those seats

[Tom Rinaldo]

To run for Congress or the Senate, Clark would have had to challange a sitting Democrat. Most of your comments have displayed logic, which doesn't mean that I agree with that logic, but given your point of view you made your case by building on that view. With this post however you jump the tracks. It is arrogant of you to assert that Clark's decision to run for President is proof of a General's disdain for surendering full control. That is a projection of your own belief system, and it is pure speculation at best for you to assert it.

The truth is you don't know what you are talking about. Theoretically, of course, any theory is possible, but you don't KNOW Wes Clark and you don't know his reasons for believing he should run now. I accept his word that he believes his unique set of experiences and skills may best qualify him to be a good President at this time in history.

In order to win any political office one must have some argument to present to the public to convince them that you are the best suited candidate to elect. Most point to prior political offices held to make that case, but there is nothing sacred about that argument that makes it the only winning one. There are not many military men who can plausibly make the case to the public that they are ready to be President without first holding another office. However Ike could plausibly make that case, Colin Powell could plausibly make that case, and Wes Clark can plausibly make that case. The principle is no different than a trial lawyer running for U.S. Senate the first time they run for anything, or a movie actor or wrestler running for Governor. Most lawyers, most actors, most wrestlers, are not plausible candidates for Gopvernor, Senator, or President as the first office they run for. But there are always exceptions to that rule. And sometimes those exceptions are exceptions precisely because they are exceptional people.