Chapter 525

With one interview, the entire political landscape changed. The members on the Right who had seen sure victory in their grasp were now in for a dogfight.

The contenders on the left dropped out leaving only one possible undeclared candidate to fill their presidential slot.

Jim Green started doing his thing which was organizing state and local committees to gather around the coming candidate. They kept asking him when Clark was going to declare.

His standard answer was, "When The Time Is Right."

The time came the evening after one of the Right's Open debates among their three top contenders. The issues were divisive in their Party. A Woman's Right to Choose. Equal pay for Equal work. Immigration reform. Social Security.

These issues were meant to bring the party a wider base rather than the narrow rich, White Male, Anglo-Saxon Majority it now enjoyed. Without expanding into the growing Hispanic/American community, the Right wing was do