Clark vs. Dean in Web War

Former NATO commander-turned-presidential candidate Gen. Wesley Clark has declared cyberwar on Democratic Party front-runner Howard Dean.

"In the twenty-first century, I am convinced, campaigns will be won and lost on the Web,” Clark said over the weekend, in a campaign press release boasting that Clark's Web site, Clark04.com, had more traffic than Dean’s - the undisputed master of political cyberspace.

Dean has dazzled Democratic Party strategists with his ability to raise millions of dollars over the World Wide Web, a tactic that several Democrats, including New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, are trying to mimic.

Clark's Director of Internet Strategy, John Hlinko, said that the good results so far show that "despite our late entry into the field, our Web strategy is helping us to rapidly catch up with the rest of the pack ... we are well on our way to winning the 'modem primary.'"

Some of the cyber-gimmicks Hlinko plans to employ include "Wireside Chats," a "Zip Drive" fund-raising contest based on donor ZIP codes, and cybercasts of Clark's speeches around the country.

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