Reply #4: Also, some of us Clarkies are "left" [View All]

[WillyBrandt]

"The danger of nominating an electable candidate is that the left will shrink in importance."

Some of us consider ourselves left--or maybe center-left is a better word. Wellstone left might be right.

Part of my reason for liking Clark is that he can offer liberal and progressive ideas to a mainstream audience without alienating them. I want to bring the center leftwards.

But most of all, I want to deny power to the far right that has hijacked this nation's politics. And Clark can deny them that power, I believe, more effectively than any other candidate.