Clark Won't Be Vice-President Either

Democrats in Self-Destruct Mode LXXXIX

While Wesley Clark is on our minds, allow me to pull this out of the backlog (ellipsis in original).

Democratic front-runner Howard Dean tried to head off a challenge from retired Gen. Wesley Clark by offering to name the former military man as his running mate, Clark said yesterday.

The deal was discussed in September, before Clark threw his hat into the ring, and was dismissed outright, according to Clark.

Dean "did offer me the vice presidency. And what I told him was, that's not the issue," Clark said on ABC's This Week. The veep slot "was sort of discussed . . . and dangled before I made the decision to run."

But Dean's campaign manager, Joe Trippi, went on the same show to claim the offer never happened.

On another front, Dean, the former governor of Vermont, will release his confidential records from his administration when a judge approves it, Trippi said yesterday.

His opponents, including Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), have complained that Dean could immediately make the records public if he wanted.

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Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Mon. 01/05/04 06:59:18 PM
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