From earlier today on CNN:
I don't know whether Wes Clark would be the best VP choice for Barack Obama, but I do know it would be remarkably stupid to discount him because of what he said about McCain's fitness to be president. In fact, quite the opposite: that's one of the reasons why picking Clark would be so bold, as Nate Silver argued a few weeks back.
Republicans say that Clark would fire up their base against Obama. That's absurd -- anyone in their base who would get fired up by Clark as VP is going to get fired up anyway.
But there is one person whose buttons would get pressed by a Clark selection: John McCain. And the thought of an irritated John McCain is a fun thought indeed.
© Jed Lewison