Reply #51: Gore if he runs-- otw, Warner, Clark, Boxer, Richardson, Edwards [View All]

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I just don't think Al wants back in the ring at this point. The Rethugs have an almost primal fear of Mark Warner-- popular in a Red State, a governor w/o baggage especially on Iraq, but sufficiently progressive on economic and environmental issues to rally the base. Bill Richardson and John Edwards would also be formidable-- Richardson might be a dark horse at least as a VP candidate, he can communicate directly to an enormous segment of the Latino population that has otherwise not been very involved in politics, something that could provide a big boost for up to a generation to the Democratic Party. I always like Barbara Boxer and consider her and Russ Feingold to be the toughest Senators on our side of the aisle. I'm less enthusiastic about John Edwards, but truthfully, he has turned things around on Iraq and he somehow has that populist charisma that we need.

Thus I don't buy the idea that we have no alternatives to HRC in 2008, or we have a weak field in general. We have some tough contenders on our side.