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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (4319)	8/26/2003 4:43:45 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 10965

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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (4319)	8/26/2003 5:05:03 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 10965

Wisconsin Rep. Dave Travis Endorses General Wesley Clark releases.usnewswire.com Former Assembly Majority Leader Urges Clark to Enter Presidential Race 8/26/03 1:21:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: State Desk Contact: Rep. Dave Travis' Office, 608-249-4673 Jeff Dailey of Draft Clark 2004, 501-801-8683; e-mail: jeff@draftclark2004.com web: draftclark2004.com MADISON, Wis., Aug. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Wisconsin State Representative Dave Travis (D-Waunakee) is urging General Wesley Clark to enter the Democratic primary for president, as he believes that Clark is the best qualified Democratic candidate to challenge and defeat George Bush next November. "General Clark is in the process of deciding whether to run for president. I'd like to add my voice to those many Americans asking him to run," said Travis. "DraftClark2004.com is helping to organize the first genuine national grassroots effort that I've ever seen to encourage a person to run for office. The nationwide citizen-led drive to recruit General Clark is amazing." "The general's record of achievement differentiates him from all the candidates for president -- especially George Bush," said Travis. "General Clark is a genuine American hero. He is a highly decorated Vietnam veteran who was seriously wounded in combat. He reached the highest levels of service in the U.S. Army and has devoted his life to this country." "Even as the top commander in the Balkans in the 1990's, ending the genocide there, he risked his life trying to save his fellow soldiers," said Travis. "As NATO Commander, he climbed down a cliff in hostile territory in an attempt to help soldiers whose vehicle went of the road-few people are brave enough to do something like that." "General Clark is a very intelligent man. He is a Rhodes scholar who graduated from West Point at the top of his class," Travis said. "Clark understands our economic and domestic problems. He's an expert on the turmoil in the Middle East, and he recognizes President Bush's missteps there." "In these days when politics are driven by money and the TV ads that it buys, there is a genuine grassroots movement to draft General Clark to seek the presidency. People in Dane County and in hundreds of communities around the nation are actually holding meetings to recruit General Clark," said Travis. "And Draft Clark 2004 already has more than 100 regional coordinators on the ground in all 50 states, creating a coordinated national structure that is already organizing local outreach efforts nationwide, even without a declared candidate." "The nation is at war, and nobody understands the challenges we face better than General Clark. We need an experienced leader to get us out of the quagmire that President Bush has put us in," said Travis. "As a life-long Democrat, I can think of no candidate more qualified to be president who will carry forth our party's policies of standing strong on foreign policy while advancing a progressive domestic agenda." "General Clark will electrify the presidential race. His credentials to wage the war on terror far surpass anyone's. He's not a partisan person and will appeal to the mainstream of America. He can unify this nation and get us out of this mess President Bush has placed us in," Travis concluded. Rep. Dave Travis is the former Majority Leader of the Wisconsin Assembly, the third longest serving member of the Assembly, and one of President Clinton's earliest state supporters. Draft Clark 2004, the first political committee to advocate drafting General Wesley Clark for President, is leading the way to convince Clark to declare his candidacy. DraftClark2004.com has organized over 100 regional coordinators in all 50 states to support a potential Clark campaign. Thousands of active volunteers are mobilizing Clark supporters nationwide to organize local grassroots activities on behalf of the national draft movement. In addition to its national headquarters in General Clark's hometown of Little Rock, Draft Clark 2004 operates a campaign field office in New Hampshire. The Draft Clark 2004 for President Committee has filed as a PAC with the Federal Election Commission but is not affiliated with General Clark, who is not a candidate. For more information on General Clark and the nationwide effort to draft him into the 2004 presidential race, please visit draftclark2004.com.