There's no known official alliance between these three politicians but consider the possibility that any of them in tandem would make a better ticket that one that's headed by Hillary or most any other Dem presently eyeing the '08 presidential nomination. You could add Richardson into the mix and the list wouldn't suffer. What do these politicians have in common? Well, they're credible as people, for one. They could say "ain't" without sounding ridiculous (how Bush has managed this trick is a real mystery but we all know that he has and there ya' go).
Starting with Schweitzer, he's got an interesting plan to use the coal in Montana for energy and he pitches it in terms of National Security and Job Creation. He won in Montana where Bush took in close to 60% of the votes. He's an ideal cross of smart and likeable and he knows how to work a room.
Webb, though he hasn't won an election yet, is looking like a real powerhouse. He won the Senatorial straw poll among Dems in Virginia recently much to the chagrin of the political elite there. He's got a military background in the Reagan administration and he, too, knows how to work a room. He has an authentic appeal among the Southern white (male) voter (some will quibble with his CV and some of his positions; I ain't sayin' he's perfect...) and he can run a credible campaign centered around National Security without being undercut by many of the wedge issues the GOP is putting out there.
Wesley Clark is also someone with a wide appeal, though perhaps not a deep one. He's been very effective using his job at Fox to present a different kind of Dem picture to the Fox audience. It was a good move for the national party as well as being a good move for Clark's own aspirations for office. He, too, has military cred and, in the wake of the recent smack down of Rumsfeld in the NYT, would be able to present himself as a guy who knows how to do things right. He's got the resume to prove it.
Richardson has an appeal to the Southwest demographic and is very intelligent on the issues without sounding like a know-it-all or a hand-wringer.
I know writing about this stuff is worthless but I couldn't resist putting it out there. I just can't see the Dems doing well in either '06 or '08 if they don't bring in new faces to present some of their very, very good policy ideas.