William Safire: Why have the Clintons anointed Wesley Clark? William Safire NYT Tuesday, September 23, 2003 WASHINGTON The Clintons decided that the Democratic primary campaign was getting out of hand. Howard Dean was getting all the buzz and too much of the passionate left's money. Word was out that Dean as nominee, owing Clintonites nothing, would quickly dump Terry McAuliffe, through whom Bill and Hillary maintain control of the Democratic National Committee. That's when word was leaked of the former president's observation at an intimate dinner party at the Clinton estate in Chappaqua, New York, that "there are two stars...
