Gen. Wesley Clark vs George W. Bush

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I hate to bring threads back from the dead but I hate even more to make new threads when others already exist, no matter how old they are.

I've been thinking about the 2004 race recently and how it could have been different. I'm becoming more and more convinced that despite being nominated due to "electability" that Kerry was actually the least electable candidate. I believe that Dean, Gephardt, Clark, or Edwards would have all faired better in the general election and perhaps beaten Bush.

I've always found Clark to be an interesting character. He seems like someone who could have ran for either party's nomination should he wanted to (which I suppose can go back to the Eisenhower comparisons...). I remember there was a time when he was leading in the polls and I believed that he would win the nomination and defeat Bush.

So what went wrong? Was this another case of the media building up a candidate and then tearing him down upon his entry into the race? How would he have faired as the Democratic nominee? Who would he have picked for his running mate?

I wonder if Clark ran in Iowa if he would have done any better.

Also, I wish nickshepdem would return.