Reply #73: Article: "Idea that Republicans will sign on has yet to pan out " [View All]

Why should it offend me that you don't like my opinion?

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Clark failing to woo outside his party

Idea that Republicans will sign on has yet to pan out
Monday, October 27, 2003

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS
Monitor staff

Democrat Wesley Clark said last week he'll need Republican votes to win the White House. His supporters say he can attract them with his Oxford education, centrist views and military experience. Republicans, however, have yet to enlist.

Republicans who want to vote in January's Democratic primary have until Friday to re-register as independents. So far most have stayed put, according to Secretary of State William Gardner. And several Republicans interviewed last week said they have yet to plug into the Democrats' campaigns.

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Dante Scala, an analyst with the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester, said yesterday that it's too early for Clark to be courting Republicans because this isn't their primary. Clark needs to first win over the Democrats, Scala said.

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http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/news/politics2003/102703clarkrepub_2003.shtml

With that goal in mind, I'd say the bang for the buck is on "Meet The Press" Quite a little group of friendly reporters there to make up for the 20-some minutes he'd get at a debate. Sorry if that offends you :shrug:

Sunday, January 4, 2004

GUESTS: WESLEY CLARK, Democratic presidential candidate
DAVID BRODER of the Washington Post
DAVID YEPSEN of the Des Moines Register
WILLIAM SAFIRE of the New York Times
JOHN HARWOOD of the Wall Street Journal.

MODERATOR/PANELIST: Tim Russert - NBC News

http://msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3849657&p1=0