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<p>January 12, 2004 -- ALBANY - Bill and Hillary Clinton have told friends that now is the "key moment" for Wesley Clark's presidential campaign, and the former president has begun making last-minute fund-raising calls, key Democrats say. "Bill is said to be personally involved and it's believed he's begun making money calls on Clark's behalf," one of the state's best-connected Democratic activists told The Post.</p>

DO WE WANT TO GO THROUGH THE CLINTON THING AGAIN? A quick word about the surging candidacy of Weasley Clark. Remember, he was fired. Not your ordinary retirement from years of service in our armed forces. He was fired. He lost his command in the Kosovo/Bosnia campaign because of what his superior defined as issues involving "integrity and character." Perhaps some of you have heard the rumors. We'll just say, do we need more of the Clinton-type scandals in the White House? Now it's generally recognized that Bill and Hillary are behind the nomination of Weasley Clark. To understand why...

They wear black cowboy hats and trench coats, and when they strolled into Wesley Clark?s S.C. campaign headquarters recently, workers said it was like the cavalry had arrived. Three Buffalo Soldiers began working for Clark?s S.C. campaign last month, and two more are expected soon. Named for the band of black U.S. soldiers who fought the Indians in the 1870s, these soldiers are black politicos with close ties to former President Bill Clinton. And they?re fighting to help Clark win South Carolina?s Feb. 3 Democratic presidential primary. ?If you?re going to be a soldier, you have to work for a...

Monday in Nashua, New Hampshire General Wes Clark announced his Families First Tax Reform, the most sweeping tax plan to be offered by a presidential candidate in years. His tax-simplification plan will make the tax code more progressive, relieve the working-family squeeze and reduce poverty. Under the Clark plan, a family of four making up to $50,000 will pay no federal income taxes, and all tax-paying families making up to $100,000 with children will get a tax cut. "The bottom line: our tax system is broken," Clark said, "and I want to fix it. The Republicans are always talking about...

I just found out that the Forehead himself, Paul Begala, will be the keynote speaker at the 2004 Mock Convention at Westminster College near where I live. Westminster holds a mock convention every four years for the party out of power. Robert Novak spoke in 2000, while Alan Keyes filled in for an injured John Sununu in 1996. I hope to have the opportunity to ask at least one question of one of the biggest liars in recent political history. I would like Freeper input on the best question to ask him should I get a chance. I will report...

Arkansas native Rhodes Scholar. Too obvious for words, just goose bumps. Since he and Clinton met in the sixties for the first time, there has been plenty of time for unnoticed overlap. The full list of Clinton cadre is running his show, one could almost say the “A” team. But this is a guy that was fired and somewhat dissed at the end of the administration. What’s up with that? Actually, “taking a bullet” for the Clinton cause is a time honored sign of his most loyal sycophants. It explains some of my theory. But what is this Manchurian Candidate...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- On the presidential campaign trail Tuesday morning, Democrat Wesley Clark said he has not ruled out Hillary Clinton as his running mate if he wins the Democratic presidential nomination. Clark praised the New York senator as a great person and a great leader and said he has admired her for 20 years. Speaking in Portsmouth, Clark continued criticizing President George W. Bush for America's policy in Iraq and on its preparation for the terrorist attacks in 2001. He said Bush neglected to investigate Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network before the attacks.

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark gained about $6 million for his campaign since Oct. 1 as he tapped into some of the same money raisers who supported former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton. Clark is ``just under half way'' to his goal of raising $12 million in the current quarter, spokesman Matt Bennett told Bloomberg News. Rival Democratic candidates Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and Missouri Representative Richard Gephardt raised about $4 million each in the in the previous third quarter and haven't reported contributions for this quarter. Financing for Clark's campaign has been bolstered...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wesley Clark, the latest entrant into the Democratic presidential race, has decided to give his campaign a cash infusion by accepting public financing for the primaries. The decision announced Thursday means Clark will be limited to $45 million in overall primary spending and face state-by-state spending caps. He will be eligible for up to about $19 million in government funding, money that would have been hard to make up given his late fund-raising start. "It's a pragmatic decision at this point," Clark said Friday morning in Concord, N.H., where he officially filed for the Jan. 27 primary....

<p>WASHINGTON — Sources in and close to retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark’s (search) presidential campaign deny that infighting between grassroots organizers and the so-called "Clintonistas" on the staff has caused their candidate to stumble.</p> <p>Instead, they dismiss such talk as hype from Republican operatives.</p>

<p>October 30, 2003 -- WESLEY CLARK'S fizzle from superstar wannabe to self-proclaimed "underdog" is raising new questions in the Democratic Party about former President Bill Clinton's star - and political smarts. Clinton helped launch Clark in a wave of media buzz by talking up the retired general as one of the Democrats' top two stars - along with wife Hillary - and prodding allies like Mickey Kantor to back him.</p>

DURHAM — Children, including those suffering overseas, need advocates in Washington who are as well prepared as military lobbyists, Wesley Clark said at a university children’s forum yesterday. The retired general said if he were elected President, some military projects might have to wait for funding behind programs that help children, such as the health care program he announced this week, which would mandate all children have health insurance. That proposal’s $700 billion cost over 10 years would be paid, in part, by reducing government waste and its “excess, redundant and unnecessary programs,” including defense spending, he said. “Just because...

Gen. Wesley Clark's attempt to blame President Bush on Tuesday for leaving America vulnerable to the 9/11 attacks was the harshest assault yet on the White House by any of the nine announced presidential candidates. But it was not completely unprecedented. Two - and only two - prominent Democrats have previously attempted to blame Bush for 9/11: Bill and Hillary Clinton. The outrageousness of Clark's rhetorical broadside - where he said the Bush administration could not "walk away from its responsibility" for causing America's darkest day raises the pertinent question: Did the former first couple put Gen. Clark up...

WASHINGTON — Eli Broad, a Los Angeles philanthropist and one of the nation’s wealthiest individuals, said Tuesday he is putting his money on retired Gen. Wesley Clark of Little Rock to take the White House away from George W. Bush. Broad, whose wealth is estimated at around $4 billion by Forbes magazine, said campaign finance reports to be disclosed today will show that he and his wife, Edythe, have given the maximum — $2,000 each — to Clark for his battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clark’s first Federal Election Commission report, due to be disclosed today, is expected...

Will the Former General Give Bush a Boost? WASHINGTON, D.C.—Some People say Wesley Clark is a Clinton stooge. Pretty soon they're going to be saying he's a tool for the Bush campaign. Clark embodies just about everything the right wing hates, and he will no doubt become another ingredient in the president's re-election strategy to fire up the conservative base. Clark is despised by various elements in the military as a grandstander. His battle tactics in Kosovo are questioned by numerous critics on both the right and left: he kept American casualties low by raining bombs randomly from 30,000 feet...

The handlers, donors, endorsers and student supporters who had gathered to see former General Wesley Clark speak on Oct. 14 at Hunter College held their breath after one of several high-school students standing behind the candidate suddenly fainted onto the auditorium stage. Mr.Clark, who is still a very new candidate, stopped his speech, joined the crowd surrounding the unconscious teenager and tried to help at one point by loosening the victim’s belt. After an uneasy minute, and with emergency workers now seeing to the collapsed student, Mr. Clark turned back to the podium. "I think he’s going to be O.K.,"...

Bill and Hillary who? It's no secret that Democrat Wesley Clark has put veterans of the Clinton political circle - from former White House aides to political operatives - in marquee positions on his campaign team. But yesterday, Clark appeared to put some distance between himself and the stamp of the former First Couple, saying they have no role in his campaign. He also left open what role, if any, the Clintons might play if he wins the Democratic nomination. "They are very, very prominent, very smart, very experienced political leaders," he said. "They've been helpful to me. But in...

Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark didn’t show up at his recent Washington fundraiser, though enough of his supporters did to make it interesting. Former Clinton White House adviser Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) was there. So was surprise guest former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry (D). The event was organized by Mora Segal, daughter of Eli Segal, Clark’s new campaign chairman. Like most Clark gatherings, the atmospherics were distinctly Clintonian, right down to a couple of kissing gay guys. Segal, past director of AmeriCorps, is just one of several top Clintonites involved in Clark’s campaign. Richard Sklar, Clinton’s ambassador to the United...

Sealed, Signed, and Undelivered By The Prowler Published 10/10/2003 12:05:00 AM THE BIGGEST LIAR OF THEM ALL Gov. Gray Davis may not have been the biggest loser in the California recall. Some Democratic National Committee members are calling for DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe to explain his odd behavior in the days leading up to Tuesday's election debacle. McAuliffe appeared on cable news channels and gave print interviews citing DNC internal polling data that showed the recall election too close to call. He also claimed that he had numbers indicating Democrats would emerge unscathed from the election. He also claimed that...

PHOENIX, Oct. 10 — Gen. Wesley K. Clark announced a raft of top appointments to his presidential campaign on Friday, just days after simmering tensions inside the fledgling organization led to the resignation of his campaign manager. Several of the new appointees are veterans of the Clinton administration. And the campaign has entered discussions with former Vice President Al Gore's campaign spokesman, Chris Lehane, who recently left the presidential campaign of Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. Clark campaign officials said that with the appointments, the campaign was setting firm lines of authority and would become a more stable operation,...