Gen. Wesley K. Clark for prez?

“[Democrats] have got a problem,” she said. “The public seem to be willing to trade in George Bush, if they could be reassured that the Democrats would do a good job on keeping the country secure. And the problem, of course, is that none of [the candidates] except [Massachusetts Sen. John] Kerry and [Florida Sen.] Bob Graham has much standing on those kinds of issues. And then along comes Wesley Clark, and he has immediate credibility.”

But Fowler and other analysts also said Clark would face a difficult road in early-primary states like New Hampshire and in the Iowa caucuses, where name recognition and media momentum often decide the winners.