PolitickerNJ.com reports that former NJ Governor Dick Codey reaffirms his support for General Clark as Vice President:

NEWARK – Senate President Richard Codey (D- Essex) stands by retired Gen. Wesley Clark as his top choice to complement a ticket with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Codey called for Clark as his party’s vice presidential candidate months ago, at a time when the four star general appeared to be on Obama’s short list. (…)

Additionally, Clark was a Hillary Clinton partisan in the primary who could help bring those voters in to help unify the party behind Obama.

“I still think Clark would be an excellent choice,” said Codey.

Huffington Post ran a very interesting piece today from Seth Colter-Walls:

My colleague Sam Stein reported earlier today that Barack Obama’s VP choice will speak on the veteran-themed third night of the Democratic convention. As he noted, top Obama officials immediately poured water on any speculation that this coincidence necessarily signals a VP with military experience.

But here’s one more interesting connection that hints ever-so-slightly toward the selection of a veteran veep, submitted by a sharp reader.

According to USA Today, the theme for Wednesday, Aug. 27 is “Securing America’s Future,” which just also happens to be the name of Gen. Wesley Clark’s political action committee. (The URL for its website is simply “SecuringAmerica.com,” but FEC filings list the full name.)

Judah Freed has a great article up on the Huffington Post touting a potential Obama-Clark ticket:

Barack Obama may announce his running mate this week, or he may wait until we get closer to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Wesley Clark might be the best choice to ensure Obama’s election. (…)

When I look at the entire field of presidential hopefuls in the Democratic primaries, the process of elimination for “electability” leaves Clark as the one clear choice.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark is getting an online push for presidential running mate.

A new Web site, http://www.obamaclark.com, offers readers a chance to sign a petition supporting Clark’s placement on the ticket with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. (Read the rest of the article on the AP wires)

General Clark currently leads all contenders for the Vice Presidential nomination in a poll on one of the top recommended diaries on Daily Kos with nearly 70 percent of the vote. Jordans11 notes:

Let’s face it.

General Wesley Clark is the only Vice Presidential Candidate with Presidential campaign experience, who has military, foreign policy, diplomatic, and executive experience, with southern roots, appeal to Latinos and Hillary Clinton supporters, an existing national grassroots organization, an Oxford degree in economics, and who will not cause the Democrats to lose a Senate seat or a Governorship with his selection.

Evergreen Politics had a great post up supporting an Obama/Clark ticket and also reminding us of another reason General Clark is such a great leader for our country:

Clark is the most sought after supporter for Democrats around the country and he has been unstinting with his time and resources. He was an early and firm supporter of Ned Lamont. He endorsed Darcy and sent her money, both in ‘06 and this year. When her house burned down, he put out a call to his email lists for assistance for her and raised $33,400 in a few days to “cover her back”.

Iraq Veteran and Renowned author Brandon Friedman previewed ObamaClark.com at Vet Voice:

Now that the hysteria has died down over General (Ret.) Wesley Clark’s innocuous comments about John McCain’s qualifications for the presidency, a group of bloggers are again urging Barack Obama to consider Clark for VP.

That decision is for Senator Obama alone to make, but it’s good to see people rallying once again behind one of the best surrogates the pro-military, anti-McCain crowd has to offer.

Fivethirtyeight.com recently looked at what several of the Vice Presidential contenders would bring to the Democratic ticket. Here is what they said about General Clark:

Wesley Clark

But here’s the really interesting one. A month ago, picking Wesley Clark would have seemed like a fairly safe choice — someone who allows you to check the “foreign policy” and “liked by Clinton supporters” boxes. It might have seemed, in other words, like a pander.

But because of the Face the Nation dust-up, all of the sudden it would send a very different message. It would say: we’re going to stand our ground, we’re not going to be so worried about being politically correct, and we’re taking it right to you. Isn’t that a fairly optimal message for Obama to send out given the present narrative?

Comparing his battle for the Senate to David’s rumble against Goliath, Democrat Rick Noriega held a fundraiser in Dallas on Wednesday night that attracted nearly 700 people. (Read more at the Dallas Morning News)

Al Gore never claimed that he invented the Internet. Howard Dean didn’t scream. Hillary Clinton didn’t say she was staying in the race because Barack Obama might be assassinated. And Wesley Clark didn’t impugn John McCain’s military service. (…)

What General Clark actually said was that Mr. McCain’s war service, though heroic, didn’t necessarily constitute a qualification for the presidency. It was a blunt but truthful remark, and not at all outrageous — especially given the fact that General Clark is himself a bona fide war hero.

Yet the Clark affair did reveal something important — not about General Clark, but about Mr. McCain. Now we know what a McCain administration would represent: namely, a third term for Karl Rove. (Read the full column at NYTimes.com)

Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark won CQ Politics’ reader-driven Democratic vice presidential contest, edging out Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the final round even as he came under fire for questioning the value of presumed Republican nominee John McCain ’s military service.

The “VP Madness” contest was designed to allow CQ readers to vote for whom they thought would be the best running mate for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama , the presumed Democratic presidential nominee. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee finished atop the Republican field in May. (Read more at CQPolitics.com)

From the Wall Street Journal: Full Article

If it’s a military name he wants, Barack Obama probably can’t do much better than Gen. Wesley Clark.

Clark, 63 years old, has spent more than half his life in the army, including three years as a four-star general as the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO forces in Europe, leading the Operation Allied Force in Kosovo.

His resume also includes impressive academic achievements, as a student at West Point and at Oxford and in subsequent teaching roles.

And as a white, southern Catholic — with a Jewish father and Southern Baptist upbringing — he could spearhead the ticket’s outreach to valuable constituencies.

He would be a late convert to Obama’s cause, after endorsing Hillary Clinton early in the race, but could help bring some of her supporters over to the general-election ticket.

There are limits to Clark’s appeal. As a candidate in the 2004 race for the Democratic nomination, he only managed to win Oklahoma before dropping out in February.

Also, Clark hasn’t held office, and is relatively new to the Democratic Party, though through his political action committee, WESpac, he’s been active for its candidates across the U.S. in recent years.

From the Huffington Post: Full Article

On Tuesday, Sen. Kent Conrad revealed that Sen. Barack Obama is including “former top military leaders” among the approximately two dozen names currently rattling around in a not-so-short vice presidential short list.

Such figures don’t come much more “top” in either political party than retired four-star General Wes Clark, the former Supreme Allied Commander Europe for NATO during the Kosovo War. After a late entry into the Democratic 2004 presidential race, in which he won the Oklahoma primary and finished second in three other contests, Clark turned himself into a popular surrogate on the stump for Democratic congressional candidates during the midterm elections.