I (Don’t Really) Hate To Say I Told You So

Here was my reaction to the inexplicably stupid line of attack Wesley Clark, in his role as Obama campaign surrogate, undertook when he suggested that McCain’s military service was not the right stuff (at least for a potential commander-in-chief): Attacking McCain’s military record? Very, very stupid…and ought to be enough to kill any chance of Wesley Clark as VP… Many of my regulars expressed their disappointment that I characterized Clark’s comments as an attack, suggesting I was parroting McCain campaign talking points. And yet, here’s the latest on the story from The Politico: Nearly a week after his controversial “Face the Nation” appearance last Sunday, retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark is taking a break from the presidential campaign — but many Democratic insiders think he has already been crossed off the list of Barack... [read full story]