For all that you did to help the Democratic Party achieve this great victory. I am in complete agreement with your 3 point plan as outlined above. And I plan to hold my newly elected Democratic officials accountable, every step of the way.

For your service, for your wisdom and restraint. I know Democrats owe so much of their victory for your hard work on hammering out a foreign policy agreement in our party and supporting so many great candidates.

I hope Democrats will heed your advice and address the critical national security challanges facing us. I know Jim Webb and so many others will certainly be a voice for the kind of pragmatic solutions you are pushing for.

Best of luck sir, and thank you for remembering global warming, so many people are forgetting that while celebrating today, but it means a lot to see you out front on this critical issue.

For all you have done, all the miles you have traveled, all the speaking and inspiring. Your sacrifice and dedication are truly appreciated.

Thank you, too, for the reminder that these laurels are not ones we should sit on for more than 24 hours. :)

Time to roll up the sleeves again, and get into the fray.

4 stars General! Thank you, Sir!

It is a mistake for Democrats to celebrate rather than understand the meaning of yesterday's election.

Can't thank you enough General Clark! It's time to lead!

Your community here is ever grateful to you, General Clark!

Heartfelt thanks for ALL you have done and continue to do!

This is a serious undertaking for our Democrats in these new seats. Now it's vital that Democrats prove their worth and I am resolved they will as we continue to help and support each of them. I believe many of us realize there is much more to do and we are determined to help any way we can. It's not going to be easy and Americans need to realize that.  This is a new opportunity for us to succeed here and abroad!  With your three point plan, we will!

For me, that light at the end of the tunnel is and always has been YOU, sir, shining a light to lead us out of this dark time. Goodness follows you. Thank you!

I'm not the kind of person who uses the word 'inspire' in a sentence, but whenever I felt like being lazy and not working hard enough to help Congressional candidates, I looked at your schedule, Sir, and got off of my lazy butt.

You lead our party to victory and gave us your voice. I am forever grateful.

THANK YOU, SIR!

"Some of them put on their cowboy boots and put their feet up on the desk." -Wes Clark

Thank you for your leadership, your vision, your energy, your tireless hard work, your inspiration, and most of all, for your unbending belief in the fundamental goodness of the American people.  Thank you for being an example for us all.

Cris Brown

You've been absolutely amazing, General. Thanks for caring so much and putting yourself out there for us.

Yep, time to lead. This is just the beginning...As someone said, it's a marathon, not a sprint.

Thanks again!

Thank you for your all your efforts and tremendous voice and credibility that you bring to the party.

Thank you sir, for all that you've done and continue to do on behalf of not just Democrats, but Americans. We owe you all we can give for your work in helping elect true progressives and agents of change.

I will continue to work to pressure those in power, and those about to take power, to change where needed, embrace diplomacy over firepower, and help secure our country for generations to come.

Thank you sir, for all you've given!

this charge. As "they" say, we're behind you all the way.

Why?

I guess it can't be said often enough...."never underestimate what a soldier can do when fighting for his country!"

You are the best, and I hope that many establishment Democrats recognize the real treasure and value they have in a man like you fighting for our side.

Kudos for your hard work, to Gert's sacrifice, and to everyone who would count themselves as part of your troops (including me). You have done us proud, and we can only hope that we have done the same for you!

"decent wages, education and health care for every American is "not just an opportunity, but a right."--Wes Clark

I knew enough to bet on your pattern of superior success, General Wes, so I knew that our Democratic Candidates, overall, and especially our WesPAC candidates wouldn't come out looking badly, General Wes.

But I have to admit that even knowing of your A record in tough, big arenas didn't prepare me for this blue wave of such proportions.

Lookin good, General. Really good.

Now, if we can just keep on spreading that name recognition, especially to the big median income groupings.

I flew over to the John Edwards website this morning. And started to leave a message telling that you are the grandson of a millworker, but I could feel my deceased mother's eyebrows furrowing in disapproval of bad manners, and, especially, bad taste, so I restrained myself.

Merci
Clearsky

 (Ruth I have to borrow your message resonates with me - thanks )

You lead our party to victory and gave us your voice. I am forever grateful.

Michael J. Fox - " (I am) passionately moving to support any candidate who supports ALL stem cell research," then  he jokingly added, "...no pun intended." Nov. 2, 2006

General Clark, we could not have done it without you. Your inspiration kept us going even when we felt like giving up. Your tireless, endless work to save our country, the willingness of your family to support your efforts, the calls to action to show us where to direct our energy and time -- all of it added up to a giant win for all!!

We are celebrating today, but realize our work has just begun! Thank you, Sir for pointing out exactly what the next steps will be, without missing a beat!

I hope General Clark, that you and Mrs. Clark will see fit to take a bit of time off -- a short rest/vacation to recharge your batteries for the continuing fight ahead of us!

Bless you and Thank you and Mrs. Clark, both!

Once in a while you get shown the light, In the strangest of places if you look at it right. - Hunter/Garcia

Your inspiration, wisdom and influence has had an amazing effect. And you are so right to call on Dems to go forward in an effective way. I think this sort of things is what columnist Leonard Pitts was hoping for when he wrote that the Democrats now need to get out and earn their victory.
The General gets it right.
Competence--What a concept!

None of the 2008 candidates did as much as Wes to help get Democrats elected nationwide. None even came close. He added absolutely critical defense and foreign policy credibility and gravitas in tight races all across the country. And he worked tirelessly for the party. He is owed much gratitude.

As far as it being "time to lead," yes, it most certainly is. Of course we need to let the post-election noise die down, but when do people believe that Wes will formally announce?

Obviously there are myriad strategic considerations to the timing of an announcement. But still, I'd be curious if people have any ideas or (even better) information on this.

I'm ready for Wes to begin the march to leadership.

With Rummy's resignation, allowing Bush to select former Iran-Contra figure Bob Gates to replace him, just can't happen. We need someone free of "taint" to replace Rumsfeld and a person who commands the respect of the military. We can't permit anymore cronies putting people's lives in danger. The senate needs to dig in their heels on this one.

for all you have done to inspire so many Americans across this country to take up the cause to get our country back on course. Young and old.

You say..."It is a mistake for Democrats to celebrate rather than understand the meaning of yesterday's election."

I don't think any one of us, today, do not understand the meaning of what happened yesterday. It was a wonder to behold and a gift that was given to all of us to use and not squander.

Thank you for your voice.

"It's time to lead."

We need your leadership.

God bless you and your family, General Clark.

Anita

This is what the vast majority of mainstream people in the country are looking for now from a true leader in a bipartisan manner!

I know for sure a President Clark will be able to deliver this agenda to the American people and heal this great but very badly divided country!

For everything that you did and for introducing the country to the "Fighting Dems". One thing that struck me last night when I was watching the returns was how pleased you must have been to see that your hard work paid off.

You thank us!!-- But you must realize that without your leadership and your blazing the trail... we might all be but a band of prolific bloggers on Kos whining on about the Bush administration.

Like Reg said, YOU were the one who got us up and on our feet to mobilize, to make the calls, knock on the doors, walk the walk. YOU and Gert are the ones who set the role model of dedicated, tireless public servitude for us to be shamed by and motivated into action by!!

And so, the past few days here (on our general discussion threads) you might have noticed a plethora of "THANK YOU SIR"s sprinkled throughout the hopeful conversation.

We are swimming in our gratitude for all you do for the country - both you and Gert- and for all you do for us as your online (and off) community of supporters.

We have seen your schedule this past year, and nobody can quite fathom how you do it. But grateful you did it --we are!

So I just wanted to add yet one more

THANK YOU, SIR!!

to the deck and extend my warmest appreciation to Gert as well.

for everything you did and your example to the rest of us. I never thought I would see NH turn blue at every level of Government here. My only regret is our Senators weren't up for reelection this cycle! All I can say is bring on 2008!! I will follow you anywhere Sir!

IT IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD. THE COUNTRY WE CARRY IN OUR HEARTS IS WAITING. – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

You have inspired so many Sir Thank You, get some rest and lets roll in 2008!!

I can't add anything to what all the others have said here, Sir. Well done, Sir. Bravo Zulu! And now splice the mainbrace! (That's a Navy technical term for hitting the bar.)

Take some time off, sir, and take Gert somewhere fantastic like Tahiti with no phone or Blackberry for a couple of weeks. Then come back and lead us to the Promised Land.

Stan Davis
Lakewood, CO
BE THE CHANGE you wish to see in the world.
If not us, WHO? If not now, WHEN?

It is interesting that this Administration now wants to cooperate in a bipartisan way. This after spending almost 6 years freezing Democrats out of any participation in the government, telling a United States Senator to "Fuck himself", and sytematically imposing its ideological will on everything from medical marijuana to Terry Schiavo. I would be in no hurry to work with this group whose only goal is to continue to attempt to remove whatever civil rights we have remaining.

No, I agree that Iraq is a mess and that it badly needs fixing. However, I suggest that our new Democratic Congress give Bush the minimal respect to which he is not entitled, and begin by passing legislation in both houses that is not controversial and that is favored by the great preponderance of Americans. Increase the minimum wage. Enable Federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Not only allow, but force Medicare to negotiate for better prescription drug prices for seniors. Things that no sensible person would oppose. Let King George veto them. Force each and every Republican who has to run in 2008 to vote for or against overriding the veto, and take names.

Whle it is tempting to let King George stagger around with Iraq on his plate for a while longer, given that lives are at stake, it is certainly understandable that you feel a moral imperative to craft a solution. But the Congress cannot bail him out.

The first couple of months should be used by the Congress to establish a credible Democratic domestic platform for 2008.

Therefore, regarding Iraq and the Middle East, perhaps a better alternative would be for you to make an announcement that you plan to run for President in 2008 and as part of your speech regarding why you're doing this articulate the proposal that you have for getting our troops out of Iraq and stabilizing the Middle East. You will have a nationwide audience for your proposals. No Congressman or Senator or group of Congressmen or Senators is more qualified and more able to accomplish this than you, Sir.

Well, we think we can't thank you enough, because we Democrats couldn't have done it without you, but if you really want to thank us enough you can do it by being elected the next president of the United States of America! We're with you!

Does anyone really think Bush will catch bin Ladin?

I am afraid I didn't do much, and even till the end of this election I was still divided on certain issues, which used to pull me back from going full force. I disliked that divided feeling and having that mental burden. Well I still managed to vote… And it’s tough to balance what is right for our country and to be faithful to your church these days…

I was still passionate about the important issues that we have been facing, such as national security, war in Iraq, how our troops were and still are treated, the economy, health care and so on… I learned a great deal, and it was always a pleasure to listen to what you had to say and to see you tirelessly working and traveling... When politics was in discussion, it was also a great pleasure to mention your name...

Thanks you again and good blessings to the new leadership.

Thank you for helping to turn NH blue! Your tireless message got across and not just in our state. Come back soon!

...into 2008 and beyond!

Thank you General Clark! It is "Time to Lead" :)

Listening to several Democratic acceptance speeches last evening,we heard "change,change, change" repeatedly.
You,General Wes, articulated a clear intelligent plan for the changes that are necessary for resolving the many difficult crises we face.

We need your leadership.

We hope the wish our children made for us
as we celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniverary
this summer will be fulfilled:

MAY A PRESIDENT WESLEY K.CLARK BE IN OUR FUTURE.

Bill and Diane

to what has already been said...but I can repeat.

Thank you, Sir. You have inspired thousands with your strength, honor and patriotism.

It is you that lifted us up when we struggled to believe that our democracy could be saved.

It is you who, through your strong belief in our country and it's people, and your respect for us, your bloggers, kept us going.

America needs you, General.

We, the people need you, and men and women like you, to steer America back to our proper course.

You know we here are all waiting to hear your decision regarding the '08 race. We hope you won't make us wait too long.

Blessings always to you and yours.

for the tireless effort you made to help Democrats achieve victory in yesterday's election.

The candidates you championed, like Jim Webb and so many others represent a progressive new voice for the Democratic Party. They and you represent competence, integrity and a commitment to progressive policies in lieu of runaway corporate power.

It concerns me that former Republican stalwarts and their "voices" in the main stream media, aware perhaps that Bush's failures threaten their hold on a financial juggernaut, may have recently begun to publicly distance themselves from George W. Bush's policies and the neocons for the sole purpose perhaps of salvaging the Republican Party's chances to hold onto presidential power in 2008.

It is hard to forget the extreme partisanship of James Baker III during the 2000 Florida election and his remarkable dedication to winning at all costs.

I worry that the Iraq Working Group may be more about saving face for George W. Bush as well as salvaging "control" over Iraq than finding a solution that helps our troops or resolves the real concerns of Iraqi people.

I also worry that progressives face a challenge from entrenched Democratic neoliberals.

I am grateful to you and to other retired military officers and fighting Dems for your political commitments because your courage and leadership are what we need to overcome these challenges.

Thank you for all you have done for our country and the Democratic Party.

It is an honor to have a man of your integrity and honor be a Democrat.

We look forward to you, hopefully running in 2008.

With much respect,

Arlene G

I am not a woman with any military experience so I hope it's okay if I skipped the "sir"? I am impressed with your
willingness to take on the mess that others have left to someone more committed and competent. I am someone who has recently decided that you are the man who might heal this country's divisions - divisions that were cynically used
by BushCo for selfish political motives.

Thanks for being out in front, General Clark. Like most others here, I can't believe how much effort you put into helping the Dems take back the House and Senate.

We're all desperately hoping you'll keep taking the lead. It's what the US and the world needs.

_{You'd be taking them to the Better Business Bureau if you bought a washing machine the way we went into the war in Iraq. Wes Clark, CNN Aug 17 2003}

For your tireless work for the party and the country.

Please continue to lead and we will definitely follow.

This is not a time for a candidate who will offend no one; it is time for a candidate who takes clear stands and kicks ass.....Molly Ivins

Wes— I'm decidedly in the how can we ever thank you enough camp & I'm proud of this bumper crop of new & deserving talent freshening up the Democratic party- but, I'm with you on the "stay focused" thing as well. I've heard echoes of your point of view come out ringingly clear at every level of this campaign. So your ideas have been adopted on many levels. Can they stick?

This is the part now where I suspect it really does get political. While our side was out of power, cooperation flowed like tapwater. Now that all roads lead to 2008, I hope Democrats can understand the scope of what we face & keep cultivating some unity, not fracture into a thousand camps because if they do, we will die by a thousand cuts.

They need your guidance & steady hand.

The challenges we face are enormous & myriad. I agree, stay focused.

My mom was just commenting that her parents were Eisenhower Republicans who switched parties for Kennedy, that the Republicans were once the party of the middle class.

Draco Malfoy: Scared, Potter? Harry Potter: You wish.

What a marvelous outcome, kudos are deserved. Anyone who held a sign, made the calls, showed up to vote? From the General on down to the guy I saw, standing on a street corner in Merrimack NH, alone in the rain, two days before the election. Well done. He looked lonely but resolute. What a hero. One last large congratulations and thanks. So much for "old news". The "new news" is: Back to work!! The General's counsel is timely and appropriate. We need to start the job now which will only see another success in 08! It's not the time to celebrate so much as to take our interim victory and move forward. I understand, "Not ready to make nice"... However, I'm going to suggest that we can do a better job of advancing our agenda by concentrating on how well we can continue to do our "job", and forget about how badly they did theirs. I don't want to lose focus on the prize. We want the General on the podium 01/20/09 taking the oath of office, right? Let's focus our efforts there and not on a rehash of how bad the Bush/Cheney club was/is. That too is "Old News". The "New News" is 2008 is "only" 24 months away and there's lots to do. Let's get started. It truely is "Time to Lead".

were all over the place at Mike Beebe's victory celebration in Little Rock Tuesday night. He soundly defeated Asa Hutchinson for Governor of Arkansas by 14 points. I still remember his involvement in the Clinton impeachment proceedings so this victory was especially sweet.

I had lost belief in 2000 and especially 2004 that our country could ever recover from Bush's leadership. But you and your leadership reinstilled that hope and belief in me again. Belief that conviction, commitment, and action can make a difference; belief that joining together for a common cause can make a difference; and a belief that yes, we can turn our country around again in the right direction. For this, I thank you again, General Clark.

The time and energy you devoted to these elections made a huge difference in the outcome.

Hope you will decide to declare and run in '08!!

for all your travels and hard work to promote great candidates in this mid term election. So pleased to see that many of them were elected.

Lead on, we will follow.

"WesPAC helped 42 candidates win their races across America, including 25 candidates who flipped their seats from Republican to Democratic seats." - This is a remarkable achievement. It is the definitive new force in Democratic politics.

Awaiting new orders.

How do we go forward and who is pursuing the unlawful acts that this Bush Administration committed against our Constitution? I again witnessed Bush's attempt to urge congress to pass legislation before the new congressional leaders are in-place that would circumvent the laws of this country, all in the name of "National Security".

The "Bill Of Rights" and "Habeas Corpus" is not open for negotiation - it is the foundation to the freedoms of its' citizens in which men have died in wars defending.

Does Bush get a free pass, not even a slap on the hand for his roll and continuing attempt in the destruction of our Constitution? Between now and January, who is standing-up to this criminal?

When will Habeas Corpus be restored? Someone please assure me that is being addressed!

We hit the ground running.

For all of the work you did on behalf of all of the excellent candidates - and for helping the Democratic Party find a voice on national security.

We all owe you a huge debt of gratitude.

Clark/Tester '08
Clark Sherrod Brown '08

Hope For The Best And Work For It

www.myDD.com

 Lieberman, as the next HS chair

Will Republicans Continue to Obstruct 9/11   Commission Recommendations?

by Jonathan Singer, Sat Nov 11, 2006 at 08:35:19 PM EST

One of the central lines of attack Democrats have lobbed at Republicans in recent years has regarded their inability and indeed opposition to passing all of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission -- the creation of which a number of Republicans did not even support two years ago. With that in mind, one of they key planks of the House Democrats' 100 Hours agenda includes passage of the Commission's policies in full, a move that could lead to obstruction from Congressional Republicans, as Dan Eggen and Spencer S. Hsu report today for The Washington Post.

Homeland security experts cautioned that Democratic control of Congress will not guarantee implementation of some of the commission's most controversial suggestions, which have languished because of entrenched political and bureaucratic obstacles.

A prime example is the commission's call to base the federal government's homeland security funding on the actual risk of terrorist attacks or other calamities -- an approach that would generally benefit large metropolitan areas at the expense of smaller cities and rural regions. Although such an approach would favor regions represented by Democrats, lawmakers have preferred to spread dollars to as many jurisdictions as possible.

While Eggen and Hsu don't spell it out explicitly, the implication is that Republican legislators' lust for pork trumps their desire to protect American national security as efficiently and effectively as possible. Make no mistake; Republicans' determination to garner homeland security earmarks for their states and districts, many of which we can safely assume are far from the top of most terrorists' target lists, hurts efforts to keep Americans safe from attacks.

Now no doubt there are individual Democrats who fall prey to this same vice. But just as is the case with the issue of corruption, the improrpieties of individual Democratic members of Congress pale in comparison with the culture of the Republican Party that puts preservation of power above all else -- homeland security included.

So if legislation containing all of the 9/11 Commission's recommendations, including the prioritization of homeland security grants on the basis of threat rather than seniority of individual members, does not reach the President's desk, Republicans alone will be to blame. And in that case, the Democrats should stop at nothing to educate the American people about the skewed priorities of today's Congressional Republicans and their propensity to obstruct legislation that does not fit in with their radical ideology. 

"Democrats electoral victory Tuesday was two-thirds a referendum on Iraq, one-third on corruption" - Wes Clark Nov. 10 2006

Wes Clark the next president of the United States of America. It has a very nice ring to it, indeed. And in my humble opinion it's time to have a woman VP.

That is all.

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A Wes Clark Democrat

America Needs Wes Clark in 2008

General Clark,

There aren't many candidates' names that I respond to these days, but I can certainly support your candidacy without qualms.

If there's any way the super-bright folks of Arkansas can help, please let us know. We promise not the be snooty or know-it-alls.

As an ex-Infantry Officer from back in the '60s (remember those days?) I think our nation could use the judgement of a disciplined Army senior officer. There's not a Republican Bozo currently in office who knows his arse from page 8.

YOU CAN DO THIS!

Best Regards from Eureka Springs!

There is still so much to do, and like many I hope that you will be the one leading us forward in 2008.

I can't begin to thank you enough. Should you decide to run again, you know we're with you! A Time To lead is excellent and says it all.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Murray

"Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants."

Gen. Omar Bradley