Could be.
Mr. Gore, who turns 60 in 2008, could remain noncommittal and enter the presidential fray late, given his fame and fund-raising potential — unlike lesser-known Democrats already stumping in the early-nominating states to be the Clinton alternative, such as former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, and Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh. If Mr. Gore ran — or were drafted, as Ms. David suggests — the longtime Washingtonian would run as an outsider, Democrats expect, helped along by his relationship with Internet-savvy MoveOn.org activists.
He’ll get my vote…again.
America loves a comeback. This would be, with all respect to the Red Sox, the biggest comeback in American history.
But please, Al, enough with the neutral tones.
I dunno….I like what he has been saying the last few years, but the pressure has been off. What happens when the gravity of the campaign is upon him? Will he revert to the Al Gore of the DLC? The Al Gore that chose Lieberman as his running mate? I need to be sure that THIS Al Gore is the one that will be there when the heat is on and Republicans with the help of a lazy-ass press corpse tries to smear and run him into the ground.
Hey, I say “go for it!”, he’s won the presidency before. (It’s a shame about those activist judges though)
I think we need another unknown. A fresh face with brave new ideas that resonate with the people. We’re in a different era now (terror, energy crisis looming, global warming, rampant diseases, quotidian catastrophes — both natural and man made — and on and on); we need someone who has a grasp of the current moment and knows how to successfully push us toward a strong future. Right now our leaders appear to be keeping us afloat by flailing.
I think we need another unknown. A fresh face with brave new ideas that resonate with the people.
In other words, a liberal Democratic, trying to restore the New Deal (75 years ago) and the Great Society (forty years ago).
Why is it that whenever the mainstream media publishes some shit like this, they never mention Wes Clark? I’m telling you…he’s a prime contender.
The short answer, q-w, is: He didn’t do too well the last time out.
The long answer is all the reasons “he didn’t do too well the last time out.”
No Frank, nice try. I meant someone capable — the opposite of what’s leading us now. I never said liberal democrat. We need someone totally above the virulent fray that has taken over politics. And someone with a vision that works for today, not yesterday.
If you didn’t mean a liberal Democratic, and I’m pretty sure you don’t mean a conservative Republican, there are lots of people who could be President, but there is no one that could get nominated.