Clark Campaigns With Former McCain Advisor
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Wesley Clark, seeking a bipartisan flavor for
his presidential campaign, is negotiating with a former adviser to
Republican Senator John McCain to be his senior strategist.
Clark`s campaign and John Weaver say it is NOT a done deal.
Weaver helped run McCain`s insurgent 2000 primary campaign against
President Bush.
Weaver, in a statement, says he, the retired Army general and
some of Clark`s staff have had discussions but have not come to
closure and no formal offers have been made.
Weaver was one of a handful of aides who helped McCain upset
Bush in the 2000 New Hampshire primary on the strength of broad
support among independent voters, who are allowed to cast ballots
in Republican and Democratic primaries.
Clark hopes to duplicate the effort in this year`s primary race,
which has tightened in recent weeks. The retired general and Kerry
have narrowed former Vermont Governor Howard Dean`s lead in recent
weeks.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
