$1,000,000 Pledged for Wesley Clark Candidacy; $200,000-plus in Last 48 Hours for DraftWesleyClark.com "General Fund"

WASHIONGTON, Aug. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- DraftWesleyClark.com, thecampaign to draft former General Wesley Clark for President, todayannounced that its "General Fund" has topped $1,000,000 in pledges --a full four days before its Labor Day goal. Key to the effort was asurge in pledges over the last 48 hours, in the wake of stunningZogby poll results showing Wesley Clark beating President Bush 49percent to 40 percent in a blind-bio comparison.

"By raising over a million dollars in pledges before General Clarkhas even finalized his decision, Clark supporters everywhere havesent a powerful message of just how strongly they want General Clarkas our next president," said John Hlinko, co-founder ofDraftWesleyClark.com. "But we're not stopping at $1 million -- wewill continue to drive this effort forward, raise as much as possiblein pledges for this candidacy, and give General Clark the money heneeds to hit the ground running from day 1."

Clark supporters can make a pledge to the General Fund by visitinghttp://ww.draftwesleyclark.com/make_pledge.htm

STUNNING POLL RESULTS

According to DraftWesleyClark.com, over $200,000 was pledged tothe General Fund in the last 48 hours. The surge was fueled bystunning numbers from a Zogby Poll commissioned byDraftWesleyClark.com, and analyzed by Dr. Chris Kofinis. Findingsincluded:

-- "Too Late?" - 84.1 percent of likely Democratic primary voterssay it is not too late for a new entrant into the race to win theirsupport;

-- "Military/National Security" - 73.5 percent of all likelyvoters rate military/national security experience as "very" or"somewhat" important for a presidential candidate;

-- "Clark vs. Dems" -- Clark comes in first in a blind-bio match-up versus six key Democratic candidates (Dean, Kerry, Edwards,Lieberman, Gephardt, Edwards, and Graham);

-- "Clark vs. Bush" -- Clark wins 49.4 percent to 40.2 percent ina blind-bio match-up versus President Bush among a national poll oflikely voters;

-- When the poll question referred solely to candidate names (nobio information), Clark ranked 5th (4.9 percent) nationally amonglikely Democratic primary voters - behind Dean, Gephardt, Liebermanand Kerry.

(full poll results at http://draftwesleyclark.com/poll.htm)

GENERAL CLARK ON DRAFTWESLEYCLARK.COM

-- "They've really caught fire and really have done somethingvery, very important." (CNN, 8/17/03)

"Mr. Clark also said that DraftWesleyClark.com was central to thepossibility of making the race. 'It has a very significantinfluence,' he said. 'When you are looking at moving into a fieldwhere you've never been before, when you see things like thisforming, it makes you seriously consider your options.'" (NYObserver, 7/16/03)

-- "They're using new tools of communication, like the Internet,in ways that we haven't seen before." (The Today Show, 7/14/03)

-- "They're the ones really that are forcing me to seriously lookat this." (CNN Inside Politics, 7/2/03)

ABOUT DRAFTWESLEYCLARK.COM

Launched in April, 2003, DraftWesleyClark.com has collected tensof thousands of letters urging General Clark to run, raised over$800,000 in pledges, and built a network of volunteer leaders, readyto serve - if General Clark chooses to lead. DraftWesleyClark.com hasalready been featured on Good Morning America, Meet The Press, CBSEvening News, Crossfire, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox, as well as in the LosAngeles Times, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Esquire andNewsweek.

DraftWesleyClark.com is the largest effort to draft Wesley Clarkfor President. It is not affiliated with General Clark. The effort isheadquartered in Washington, DC, one block from the White House. Formore information, please see http://www.DraftWesleyClark.com.

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