Thursday, January 15, 2004; Page A21 DALLAS -- Karl Rove had a bad moment here the other night. It came as Wesley Clark was speaking to a packed hotel ballroom, when the retired general derided the president of the United States for what was supposed to be his supreme, cinematic moment: landing on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln. "I don't think it's patriotic to dress up in a flight suit and prance around," Clark bellowed. The men had been separated from the boys.

For Clark, it was a monster evening. His campaign raised upward of $300,000, and the once-stiff speaker brought his audience out of their chairs several times. He was forceful and occasionally eloquent. But what really mattered was that Clark was prepared to go at President Bush in the one area where he once seemed unassailable: his leadership as a wartime president.

That was the moment I imagined Rove took notice.

Texas for Clark is an all volunteer effort devoted to electing a real leader for President in 2004 — General Wesley K. Clark.

The Texas organization is thousands strong and growing.General Clark values your efforts, whether it's talking with your friends about the General, writing letters, organizing other volunteers, contributing, holding house parties or attending precinct conventions and/or your state convention.

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There have been several prominent Democrats in Texas joining the Clark Team in the last week. Four Texas Democrats in Congress have endorsed Wesley Clark for president