Hillary's a bore; so's Vilsack...

...so which of them will be the candidate of the Democratic Leadership Council? Well....
that was my take on the dreadful C-SPAN appearances of the two. Vilsack is the current chairman of the DLC, and HRC the long-time fave. Or not, I don't know. It's their decision, and that's the biggest problem.

Anyway, Her Royal Clinton was asked to give a speech about the New Initiative or something, a project the DLC commissioned her, which she tried but failed to give to both Vilsack and Evan Bayh. Or so I gathered.

So there she was.

I want to talk about the Clintonites (gotta watch to get that first "n" in there when I type; could be a serious error), anyway, the Clintonites' 2004 selection, Gen. Wesley Clark. I have now to admit that he was my personal choice as The Guy for 2004, too early.

After a big buildup from the Clintonistas (somehow easier to type), Clark became the favorite for a fleeting instant after the Iowa caucuses and Dean's blowup. What killed him was actually the endorsement Clark got from Michael Moore. Coincidentally, just at that point of time, it hit the fan that Michael Moore made publicly a characterization of the Bushite President as a deserter. I heard several DC talking heads actually saying that the fact that Clark didn't repudiate Moore's endorsement (!) meant Clark was "beyond the pale".

!(how about just Moore's technically-inaccurate-but-ethically sound characterization, from which Clark frequently requested to disassociate himself? )!

The big collapse came on Tim Russert's show, Clark's momentum (which had been spared the rude insults of the Iowa cacuses) fizzled in that week of the New Hampshire primary. He won Oklahoma, though! How many other Democrats in this race can say that? (have to check re: Gore).