And Clark Makes 10?

Published Feb 06 2007, 09:55 PM by David S. Bernstein

Wes Clark has hemmed and he's hawed about running for President again, but all of a sudden he sure looks like a go. He spoke at the DNC "winter meeting" the other day, and now he is scheduled to participate in the first "candidate forum" of the year, coming up February 21 in Carson City, Nevada.

That 2/21 event is key for Nevada to show that its Democratic caucus -- specially scheduled between Iowa's caucuses and New Hampshire's primaries next year -- will fly, unlike some other unsuccessful early caucus attempts. So far, so good: Hillary Clinton just signed on, making her the first of the "big three" candidates (Clinton, Obama, Edwards) to do so; the rest of the field are all planning to be there.

Clark would be the 10th candidate on the Democratic side to announce and/or form an exploratory committee.