'I am the candidate best able to stand up to George W. Bush'
Friday, January 2, 2004 Posted: 11:41 AM EST (1641 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Flush with money after a big fourth quarter of fund raising, Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark is mapping out how he can parlay that success into becoming the alternative to Howard Dean.
"It's now clear that I'm one of only two candidates in a position to win the nomination," Clark, a retired Army general, said in a statement Thursday.
"And I'm the only candidate positioned to actually win the election because I am the candidate best able to stand up to George W. Bush and win the debate about who will best be able to make our country secure over the next four years
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/02/elec04.prez.clark.democrats.ap/