By any account, the Democrats have a leg up on next year’s presidential election. And by any recall, they are quite capable, if past is truly prologue, of screwing it up royally.
The country, to be sure, is largely disillusioned and fed up with the war in Iraq, but demands protection in a world too filled with jihadi Muslim crazies.
A politically pragmatic suggestion to Dems: Whoever your presidential nominee is, match her up with Wesley Clark to fill out the ticket. Yes, he didn’t distinguish himself as a campaigner last time, but that’s because he wasn’t a seasoned politician, which is not all bad.
More to the point, Clark is (literally) Rhodes Scholar smart, a former NATO commander and as good looking as Mitt Romney — which might give Bill something to ponder.