It’s a sad statement that he believes the reality of the race will keep him from competing. That translates to speeding the last two years building a future organization and getting funding sources.

Wes Clark spent the last two years working to get Democratic Congresspeople elected. He thought that was the honest thing to do.

Money keeps him out of this race. It is sad beyond comprehension. He would elevate the discourse.

Read what he said to Charlie Rose:

Charlie Rose: You have not ruled out a candidacy this year.

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: No, I haven’t. No, I haven’t. I think about it every day. I’d love to be able to run.

Charlie Rose: Why can’t you?

GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: It’s- There are several preconditions that have to be met, and they haven’t been met. And, and I’ve worked with them, and I’ve tried to work around them, and I haven’t been able to. It was a great, it was a tremendous honor and a great experience to run the first time. If you run the second time, you, you want to really have a shot at winning, and that means you’ve got to have the money and the organization behind you. And I’ve worked to, on this from several different angles and until and unless I believe that there’s a genuine candidacy out there, I can’t do this. I, it, it’s not enough to just go out there and say, ‘I’m running, because I believe in it.’ There’s a lot of people who want me to run, but I haven’t met the preconditions I’ve set for myself.

Check his lastest statements, including this one.

The high-wire act for Democrats is to do these two things at once:
1. Stop dignifying terrorists as warriors.
2. Make it clear to the voters that you will not hesitate at a moment’s notice to use the military to fight these people.