If the Democratic presidential nominee is Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John Edwards, the vice-presidential running mate ought to be Wesley Clark. Arguably, the former general would give the ticket its best chance of blunting the GOP’s national-security trump card.
Clark formerly commanded NATO; he was a Rhodes scholar; and he’s more than credible as a presidential successor. He even looks the part.
And it’s not as if there is no precedent for the vice presidential candidate being older and more experienced in matters of foreign policy and national defense than the presidential nominee.