Ten Little Politicians

One little, two little, three little Indians
Four little, five little, six little Indians
Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians
Ten little Indian boys

And all ten of the them would sooner admit to smoking marijuana than have that politically incorrect counting song played at one of their rallies.

Now, I liked nine better. Nine is a square. Nine can be divided into three front-runners, three bottom-runners, and three vanity candidates. Where do we put Wesley Clark in that matrix?

The Washington Post reports that Clark will intone his Democratic catechism tomorrow, including [expressing] support for abortion rights, affirmative action, and better health care coverage. Clark also looks like a winner: he's got Kerry's military credentials, Edwards' Southernness, Lieberman's crossover appeal, Dean's outsider status, and he lacks Sharpton's aura of unpresidentiality. The mere fact that he's a mainstream Democrat who could win, or at least appears that way, is likely to bring a lot of Dems over to his side primarily because they want to see Bush gone. Most Democrats, I suspect, would rather drop Dean than try to ride his niche appeal to the Presidency. Likewise, Clark's Arkansas base and close ties with the Clinton administration will assist him in expanding his support among the party establishment.

InstantReplay has boarded the Clark bandwagon - now who do we want to nominate as Veep?