The Weekly Standard

A Four-Star Candidate?

From the September 29, 2003 issue: Wesley Clark announces for president.
by Matthew Continetti
09/29/2003, Volume 009, Issue 03

. . .Clark's major strength, meanwhile, is similar to Dean's: He excites people. This is evident in the Draft Clark movement, which has been pressing the general to run for over a year. Just one of its numerous arms, "The Draft Clark 2004 for President Committee," claims to have coordinators already working in 48 states. Days after his announcement, over 22,000 people had registered for Clark on the website Meetup.com, almost twice as many as had signed up for Sen. John Kerry, who'd been running for months. . .