Clark for VEEP!

Wesley Clark is leading Jim Webb on the D-Kos poll!

Now, it's no secret that I'm a fan of Wes Clark, but why would he be a better choice?

Not just that he would be a better Veep, who could give Obama the kind of serious, useful foreign policy and military expertise that he needs and that General Clark gave Hillary when he was advising her. But because we can't afford to lose that Virginia Senate seat. We only just barely picked it up from Senator Macaca in 2006, when the entire Republican Party seemed to be in free fall. It was a cliff hanger of an election, only decided by overseas votes (which have finally become Democratic. It will likely go Republican again without Jim Webb to defend it. Obama doesn't need to start his first term losing that Senate seat.

Wes Clark's not doing anything that's not indispensable, or that someone else couldn't do just as well. Other than campaigning, that is, and he could do a lot more of that a lot better as a Vice Presidential Candidate. He was also early identified with Hillary and actively campaigned for her. His being on the ticket would not only bring the moderate Democrats and Republicans that Obama needs, it could help reconcile Hillary's supporters to her losing the nomination.

Wes Clark is the no-brainer choice for Obama's running mate. I hope he picks him.