Here's another media "news" story that's of their own creation:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/21/elec04.prez.democrats/
What do you think of the article's lead that says there's been a dust-up between Clark and Dean and it isn't over Dean's foreign policy remarks? Well, then why mention Dean's foreign policy remarks? The "dust-up" is also not over who wears nicer ties. Geez. The reporter was clearly just looking for a way to take another jab at Dean's supposed foreign policy inexperience in action.
I wondered back in late August or early Sept, when the story broke about Dean offering Clark a VP spot, whether it had really happened and which candidate leaked the story for their advantage (I bet I could find my DailyKos comment on this somewhere in an archive). It seemed to me that it would have been Clark. It didn't do much for Dean's campaign to leak an offer that was likely to get rejected. Indeed, Dean's blog commenters went crazy over the idea of this "dream ticket", and then they were really sad and scared when Clark decided to run for prez instead. On the other hand, the leak helped create more buzz about Clark in the media prior to his announcement, which only made his announcement that much more exciting.
I'm not saying that Dean never suggested such an offer or even made it explicitly, but it's a little bit of a stretch for me. Perhaps Dean suggested Clark would be high on his short list if he got the nomination, and he hoped such an offer would keep Clark from running. I know Dean can be bold, but this seems a bit far-fetched. He wasn't the front-runner in any clear way at that point in time, and Clark hadn't been vetted.
What do you think? And, if this becomes a two-man race soon, does this matter? I know a bunch of ABB folks who are waiting for a Dean/Clark or Clark/Dean ticket. Do Trippi's comments this morning end that, or was Trippi not representing Governor Dean very well? We've seen primary enemies become ticket-mates in the past, and this is fairly mild rebuffing.