'08 If it came down to Kerry vs. Gore

[WI_DEM]

I don't rule out either of these men running again. If the fight for the nomination came down to the two--who would you throw your support behind?

[yardwork]

1. I am and always will be ABB

[NoPasaran]

3. No third term!

[cheshire]

2. Kerry, He has so much more going for him than Gore.

[AP]

6. Kerry is way better campaigner, but, biographically, is a harder sell.

But campaign skills trump biography.

[chemp]

4. Kerry showed that he will not fight rough

and nothing, repeat NOTHING could get me to vote for Gore.


NOTHING

none of the above.

[AP]

8. And Gore showed in the recount that he wouldn't fight.

[graywarrior]

5. Kerry

coz he's so hot

[Mugsy]

7. Try adding "None of the above".

[Kahuna]

9. GORE!!!!!

nt

[MercutioATC]

10. I would put a bullet in my head.

...not seriously, but you get the idea.

[nine30]

11. GORE ..absolutely

Kerry will loose again, and even more badly. Whatever Kerry is in reality the Liberal label once stuck cannot be removed.

He supported Late term abortion( or whatever other horrifying name the Republicans want to give it)and thats a big No No in the heartland.

Kerry cannot win. Period. And thats the hard reality.

[WI_DEM]

12. Gore

he is a much better candidate these days and he actually can run on winning the popular vote in 2000--anyway you cut it--Bush may have stolen the electoral college from Kerry this time, but Kerry also did lose the popular vote. Not only in southern states, but in many blue states he ran behind Gore's winning percentages.

[nine30]

13. Kerry would trump Gore in BLUE America, but not in *America*

And we have to keep that in mind next time. Gore is a centrist and thats what we need.

[Kahuna]

14. How so? Gore's blue state vote was better than Kerry's. So,..

how do you come to this conclusion? Otherwise, you're dead on.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

24. I imagined the opposite of "Blue America" was "Red America", not "America"

At least, that's what Obi says.

[EndElectoral]

15. Gore's speeches on 04 show him a much more impassioned leader!

[sweetladybug]

16. How about Gore/Kerry 2008

Sounds good to me. After all it appears that both beat the ASSHOLE in charge of our country now.

[RaleighNCDUer]

17. I'd go with Gore

tho I'd like Teresa much more than Tipper as 1st lady.

[PATRICK]

18. Neither get the picture

completely with the necessary skills even now. I am not confident about anyone "good" right now. If there were they would be attacked mercilessly until 2008. The GOP seems to have the pleasure of imagining their next victim, not we our conquering hero. They own the system. The Dems own the illusions.

Yes, Gore and Kerry would make great presidents if they didn't have to deal with vile treachery somewhere in the world and at home. Sorry, but a requisite skill today involves more than presiding over a triumphant democratic dream and united progress. It is a fight to the death with really old and persistent evil powers. Some shrewdness and foresight is required beyond the dignified presumptions and benevolent appeals to reason lost in a murky maze of national opinion and systemic fraud.

The leaders must be led this time, and that means the future will bring up people to match our wisdom not a failed DLC handbook. Talling about Dem candidates right after this disaster is just another circular reasoning of now predictable self-defeat.

[Walt Starr]

19. At this point, I would have to say neither

and could not support either candidate in an '08 run.

[Mike L]

20. Neither

Nominate a centrist.

[TSIAS]

21. Gore

He isn't necessarily my top pick, but I'd take him over Kerry.

[AntiCoup2K4]

22. Dean!

No question.

[leftofthedial]

23. we'd be screwed.

if they couldn't beat the little bushturd, they couldn't beat anyone.

(Setting aside that they wom the elections, they lost power and when they ran, we also lost ground in the Senate and the House.