Gore has no plans to run for President.

[Nordmadr]

This upsets me greatly, since I think he is perfect for the job, even more so because he does not seem to covet the job and power...but here it is...

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2005/10/12/gore_no_plans_to_run_for_president_again/

STOCKHOLM, Sweden --Former Vice President Al Gore said Wednesday he had no intention of ever running for president again.

"I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again," said Gore, who lost the 2000 election to President Bush.

However, Gore did not completely shut the door to political endeavors.

"I don't completely rule out some future interest, but I don't expect to have that," he said during a visit to Sweden.



Olaf

[Clark2008]

1. I never thought he did want to run again.

He seems to happy outside of politics.

[drummo]

17. Bull. This man spent his entire adult life preparing for the presidency.

He would like to be president today or after 2009 Jan as much as anytime.

Running, however, is a different matter. He hates campaiging (which normal person wouldn't?). Whether he will be willing to go through that is a question but there's no question he is not happy that he is not president.

[leveymg]

2. He's nearing the end of his second term, anyway.

;)

[zann725]

3. Why should he "run"...when Shrub is indicted and impeached soon...

along with what appears to be his entire "line of succession"... clearly the TRUTH about the 2000 and 2004 election will finally be "allowed" surface as TRUTH. Gore won't have to run. He simply should then CLAIM the Presidency he was elected to in 2000.

According to Carter...the "expert" on these things...Gore WON the election "definitely." What we have in the WH now, is simply a "squatter".

[longship]

10. Your scenerio is not Constitutional.

It does not matter what happened in FL in 2000. The congress and the electors elect the president. That process followed the legally mandated process with Gore himself actually heading the proceedings. There is now no legal recourse for Gore 2000.

[Pirate Smile]

4. A little comment on this from The Hotline:

"Shermanesquely Confusing

According to the Associated Press, here are two things Al Gore says about the prospects of a 2008 presidential campaign.

1. "I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again."

2. "I don't completely rule out some future interest, but I don't expect to have that."

The word that's normally used to rule stuff out is "never."

Count us confused."

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2005/10/shermanesquely.html

This isn't all that different from candidates saying they aren't planning on running for Pres while they are running for reelection.

It isn't absolute. We will see.

[drummo]

18. Correct. If Gore really didn't want to run he would have said:

I will not run.

Like Rice did.

But he didn't rule it out. Which is exactly what everyone who wants to run says now.

Have you ever heard Hillary say: I want to run for president in 2008?
Or even: I have plans to run for president?

If Gore is not planning today that's fine. It's 2005, folks!
There's the midterm before any prez election.

[Mabus]

5. Gore did not completely shut the door

However, Gore did not completely shut the door to political endeavors.

"I don't completely rule out some future interest, but I don't expect to have that," he said during a visit to Sweden.

With as badly as he was treated, and is still treated by the members of the Democratic party, it is up to people who want him to run to convince him to do so.

[Nordmadr]

6. Gore: RUN FOR EFFIN' PRESIDENT! BEGGING...

If any lurkers who know Gore...tell him to run FOR the country, not away from it!!!

I don't know if this is gamesmanship or what. If he was absolutely sure he would not run, then he would state it as such, but he does leave the door open. I wish he would just say one way or the other. This does not even provide enough hope that he is at least weighing a Presidential run.

Daniel san...
walk left side..ok
walk right side...ok
walk middle...squish, just like grape.

Olaf

[drummo]

19. He can't say one way or the other. This is 2005!

If he said I will run the RW and the media would start kicking him around. Who needs that?

If he said I will not run he would shut the door.

The best he can say now is exactly what he said.

[CanOfWhoopAss]

7. Who asked Gore and why does he have say in this?

I'm for kidnapping him and locking him in an attic somewhere until he comes to his senses. May be we don't even let him out until he's already won.

[drummo]

20. He knows very well what he says.

If he said he wants to run it would be political suicide.

Be patient.

The last word on this will be said in 2006.

[BlueCaliDem]

8. Let's Be Reasonable Here...

...Do we actually think it's smart to make a play at wanting to run for president THREE YEARS in advance while the Repubs are desperately trying to shift all eyes off their corrupt ways and NEED a Democratic scapegoat???

Boy! That would give the corporate-owned, right-wing biased media everything they need to help shift the attention OFF their friends, Delay, Cheney, Frist, Rove, and Shrub's failures as pResident and whip up the froth around the frenzied right-winger's snarling lips so they could yell to high hell and deafen the sheeple in their fold once again to the culture of corruption in our government today!

No, as another poster in this thread already noted, Gore's not shut the door on running.

And with speculation of his running in 2008 already infiltrating the corporate right-wing biased media now (they're taking a real interest in this!), it's a smart thing to keep quiet until it's time to step forward...

As my brother always told me, "Don't look at tomorrow with the eyes of today", and I think, with regard to Gore, this is the best thing for us to do.

[Nordmadr]

9. Ok, all of what you say is true, and gives me some hope that he

is being crafty about this. I guess ultimately all we can do is wait and see what happens. Three years is just so damn long when scatology rules the roost.

Olaf

[CanOfWhoopAss]

12. Well said, I agree but...

I'm still gonna prep the attic just in case :)

[Guaranteed]

11. Gee, here it is, October of 2005, and Gore isn't announcing his intentions

to run for the presidency in 2008.

This doesn't seem relevant to me at all, at this point in time.

[MadisonProgressive]

13. Yeah right Al, wink wink...

[Michigander4Dean]

14. Politics1 has been saying this all along

I like Al, but leave him alone.

[autorank]

15. "Say it ain't so champ!" Please, keep the door open, just a litt.e

I feel as though I understand Gore on one level...that he's never really let loose and that if he did, it would blow our minds. He would be something to see and hear. I hope he rights the worst wrong, Election 2000! Keep it open just a crack...

[drummo]

21. If your read those quotes you can see that's exactly what he did.

Kept the door open.

Tell me why on earth would anyone announce now to run for president in 2008?

[drummo]

16. Hey! Note that last statement. That's what matters. He clearly left the

door open.

He doesn't have plans NOW. So what? Why should he have any plan?
Noone who wants to run in 2008 announces now that he wants to run in 2008. It's way too early. The only thing that matters is that he didn't rule it out.

Remember the Russert interview with Rice? Russert was pushing her because he knows that this "I don't intend to run" and "I don't have any plan to run" are standard phrases by those who do not rule it out and want to run but want to wait to see the political landscape later.

Until Gore says "I will not run" anything is possible.

[IronLionZion]

22. Dereliction of duty

5 years and he hasn't shown up for work yet. This is unacceptable. We are going to have to draft this honest patriot and elect him as our rightful president....again *sigh*

[Vox_Reason]

24. Can you imagine the Gore inauguration??

"Where were we before we were so rudely interrupted?"
:rofl:

[Rhiannon12866]

23. I got this in e-mail and just read it. Crap. I thought he was our best

hope for 2008. The man is brilliant, sure has the experience, and has really been on fire since he made that MoveOn speech. I really was beginning to be convinced that he could pull a Nixon, only with a good outcome, this time. Damn.:-(