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Wesley Clark presidential campaign, 2004
Wesley Clark has said that he began to truly define his politics only after his military retirement in 2000 around the 2000 presidential election that would give George W. Bush the presidency. Clark had a conversation with Condoleezza Rice. She told him that the war in Kosovo would have never taken place under a Bush administration, as they adhered more to realpolitik. Clark found such an administration unsettling, as he had been selected for the SACEUR position because he believed more in the interventionist policies of the Clinton administration. He said he would see it as a sign that things were "starting to go wrong" with American foreign policy if Bush was elected.〔("The Last Word: Wesley Clark ) from ''Newsweek''. July 14, 2003.〕 Clark supported the administration's War in Afghanistan in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks but did not support the Iraq War. Clark continued to warn people as a commentator on CNN that he believed the United States was undermanned in Iraq, and has said the war was "never ()... WMD or regime change", and believes "the connection to the War on Terrorism was not shown".〔(General Wesley Clark: A Call to Arms ) from ''NewsMax'' by Dave Eberhart on August 25, 2003.〕〔Felix, pp. 189–190.〕
==Background and Preparations==
Clark met with a group of wealthy New York Democrats including Alan Patricof to tell them he was considering running for the presidency in the 2004 election. Patricof, a supporter of Al Gore in 2000, met with all the Democratic candidates and ultimately supported Clark in 2004. Clark has said that he voted for Al Gore in 2000, but has voted for Republicans such as Ronald Reagan, held equal esteem for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman, and had been a registered independent voter throughout his military career. Ultimately as Clark himself put it, however, he decided he was a Democrat because "I was pro-affirmative action, I was pro-choice, I was pro-education... I'm pro-health care... I realized I was either going to be the loneliest Republican in America or I was going to be a happy Democrat."〔"In His Own Words". ''The Washington Post'', October 19, 2003.〕 Clark said he liked the Democratic party, which he saw as standing for "internationalism", "ordinary men and women", and "fair play".〔"To Find Party, General Marched to His Own Drummer," ''The New York Times'', October 5, 2003.〕〔Felix, pp. 190–191.〕
A "Draft Clark" campaign began to grow with the launch of DraftWesleyClark.com on April 10, 2003.〔(Archived Clark bio ) from his 2004 campaign site and Clark for President. Clark For President — P.O. Box 2959, Little Rock, AR 72203. This version is from the Internet Archive on December 5, 2003.〕 DraftWesleyClark signed up tens of thousands of volunteers, made 150 media appearances discussing Clark, and raised $1.5 million in pledges for his campaign. DraftClark2004.com, another website in support of drafting Clark, was the first organization to register as a political action committee in June 2003 to persuade Clark to run. They had earlier presented him with 1000 emails in May 2003 from throughout the country asking Clark to run. One of DraftClark2004's founders, Brent Blackaby, said of the draft effort: "Just fifty-two years ago citizens from all over the country were successful in their efforts to draft General Eisenhower. We intend to do the same in 2004 by drafting General Clark. If he runs, he wins."〔"Draft Clark 2004 for President Committee Files with FEC," ''US Newswire'', June 18, 2003.〕〔Felix, pp. 191–193.〕
Clark spent time during these early stages of the draft movement deciding whether to run, a decision he said was based heavily on deciding whether to expose his family to a presidential campaign. His wife, Gert, said she was "initially ... not delighted about it", but later changed her mind after hearing their son Wesley Clark, Jr. say that "things have to change, and we're willing to do it. And I want my son to grow up in a different world."〔Gertrude Clark interview on C-SPAN's "American Journal," January 25, 2004.〕 Clark went on ''Meet the Press'' in June 2003 and said he was "seriously consider()" running for president.〔 Clark believes Bill Clinton encouraged him to run when he attended a party hosted by the Clintons, and Clinton toasted his wife Hillary and Clark as the two "stars" of the Democratic Party. Clark's repeated connections with Bill Clinton led pundits to speculate that Clark was being maneuvered by the Clintons to change the Democratic field and clear a path for Hillary to enter the race. This theory lasted only a few months, and Antonia Felix speculated in her biography of Clark that it came from the largely unexplained connection between Clark and Bill Clinton that led to speculation.〔Felix, pp. 195–196.〕
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