How is a guy who talks like that gonna get pinko Rat primary voters to vote for him, I hope you are right. But...
The democrat voters are sheep, and will be led anywhere as long as certain keywords are repeated. In fact, if a sense of crises can be whipped up, they're even easier to lead. They are well into this phase of the campaign, with Saddam popping up here and there, Osama periodically mailing a cassette, talk of sabbotage and allegations of mistatements about wmd's.
Clarke will walk the domestic issue line, and this will take care of most of the herd. The remnant will receive appeals on the basis of his millitary "peace-keeping" expertise and service on behalf of the UN.
He's Mussolini spouting the same populist, socialist bilge in an obvious bid for power. This nanny wears jack-boots.
Politics 101 is that a candidate has to secure his base during the primary season and then broaden his appeal in the general. Clark has been handpicked to broaden the Dim's appeal to voters in the middle who don't trust them on national security issues. But how does he secure the Dim base to get to the general? The Dim base hates the military. When Clinton ran as a DLC type "moderate" he got credibility with the base becaue of his dodging the draft and opposing the Vietnam War. The modern Dim party was born 1968-1972 over opposition to Vietnam and they're having a second childhood over opposing Iraq. How does Clark gain their trust?