In the last half hour I’ve gotten a handful of calls and emails saying that Wes Clark has stated that he is not going to run for President. This is not true. He has made no such statement or suggestion. Claim is that he said so at a fund raiser in Portsmouth, NH, on Friday night. I was in the room with him all during the event and there was no suggestion of change of status whatsoever discussed or even suggested. There was no discussion of this by anyone present, no new direction sparking interest, no surprise, and no sense of ambiguity in what he said. I can’t see how anyone in the room could have come away with any different impression.
Clark made no definitive statement whatsoever about "the next three months" in response to a supporter (who I was standing next to and talking to half the time). I clearly heard every word he said. In the middle of his lecutre he said that he was not there (at the party) to run for President clearly indicating only that that was not his intention in going to the event, but that his intention in going there was to support Carol Shea-Porter.
His sense and meaning was crystal clear and it seemed clear to everyone. He said he was there to support Carol Shea-Porter and to help raise some funds for her and not there for any other purpose. He also said he was not ruling out running for President but that it was not his intention or purpose to come here to New Hampshire to talk about that on that evening. There was no stated change in his position from earlier statements and understanding and no specific reference or response to the "three months" phrase in the question. Nothing has changed in General Clark’s status. Chill.