Gore still has his eye on the Oval Office

[T_i_B]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/20/wgore20.xml

Al Gore has given his strongest indication to date that he is contemplating a new run for the White House.

The former vice-president, who received more votes nationwide than George W Bush in the 2000 election, pointedly refused to rule himself out and said that circumstances could emerge that would make him challenge Senator Hillary Clinton for the Democrat nomination.

Mr Gore, who won an Oscar earlier this year for his climate change film An Inconvenient Truth, told the New York Times Magazine that he would be a better candidate than he was seven years ago.

He said he would not echo the 19th-century general William Sherman, who ruled out a White House run. "I'm not issuing a Shermanesque statement because that's not where I am. I'm not ruling it out for all time. Although I cannot presently foresee any circumstances, such circumstances could emerge."

[The Count]

1. Oh, please, please,please!

[Imagevision]

27. Gore's flip-flop on running is an indication about the way he gets things done,? I'll pass...

sheeesh! how many times has he said he has NO intentions of running in various forms of quotations?!!! Al, stay with the global warming thing.

[Missy M]

2. I would respect Gore more if he would just say.....

one way or the other. To me he is playing games by always saying I'm not running BUT things could change. I admire him tremendously but his 'teasing' on the issue of running for president is starting to get on my nerves.

[acmavm]

4. Al's being smart. Why start blowing money and having to deal with issues

this far out in advance of the election?

I don't care about any of this shit so far. It's all been forced upon us but the corporate media. Nothing they say or do means anything yet. It's too early to get all rattled and upset.

[Colobo]

21. I agree with you... for the first time.

[JTFrog]

3. He can't do that.

The moment he announces the major swiftboating begins. He already said he doesn't have to play the 600 day campaign game. He has Live Earth coming up. It seems he's timed it perfect for an announcement in Septemeber.

I know alot of people believe he'd do the world good by doing what he's doing now and staying out of politics. But how far can he push policy in this country with a president who puts corporate profits and big donations ahead of what's best for Americans? How many of the top tier candidates on either side do you really believe will stand up against the real owners of this country?

I think he's being very smart. And if it turns out that he doesn't run, I admit I'll be disappointed, but I can't see ever losing any respect for this man.

[JNelson6563]

12. Hear, hear!!

Well said on all counts. :toast:

Julie

[peace frog]

32. Right on

Gore's playing it smart, not coy. But he'll run, I'm certain of it.

[Rydz777]

5. I read last week's Time Magazine article carefully, and I

came away with the feeling that he is 55 % against, but 45 % open to running. He has a good life now, and it would be a sacrifice, but he has written a new book about bringing reason back into politics - and who better to do it than he himself? There is another thread today about how gloomy the country is, only 25 percent think things are going well. On the day he took the oath of office as President, Gore would restore a sense of purpose - as well as restore respect for this country in the world. One can only hope.

[MistressOverdone]

6. I think he will stay out of it

unless the GOP puts up a strong candidate and he thinks the Dems will lose the WH in 08.

I'm glad he isn't entering the fray at the moment. They are all eating each other alive in the pen.

[silverlib]

7. I think the opposite...

I think the oval office has its "eyes" on him.

He doesn't need the office, the office needs him.

[SaveElmer]

8. There is no compelling reason for him to run...

Poll after poll show Democrats are quite happy with the current field of candidates. There is no evidence other than a very persistent contingent here on DU, that Democrats would suddenly flock to him if he jumped in...

No politician uses Shermanesque language anymore no matter the situation...the fact that Gore has not is a pretty thin reed to hang your hopes on!

[democrat2thecore]

9. I hope he runs

Our field of candidates may be deep, but the front-runners all have their problems. Obama and his fluff, Hillary and her past - it could all explode. My only comfort is knowing Al Gore is there!

[Colobo]

22. What's gonna happen if, by October, Al is not "there"?

[Clark2008]

10. It would give me someone to vote for.

I don't like the current crop AT ALL. Vanilla, lazy, ineffectual, corporate and mushy.

[Larkspur]

11. I'm not happy with the current Dem crop of Prez candidates

None of them can take a decisive lead in the polls, so I don't think people are happy with the lot we have. They are just responding to the choices presented to them. And for more people in this country the Prez election is a long way off, so polls will be in flux, especially for the top tier candidates, for a while.

[Alexander]

13. Many supporters of other candidates would jump to Gore if he ran...

Which is why I think a lot of the supporters of other candidates here are afraid of Gore running. It would certainly explain why they seem so defensive...

[Colobo]

23. Here in DU, many would support Gore

Now, out there, in the real world...

[Alexander]

37. Please, do go on.

You were about to make a comment about the "real world", where Gore, a non-candidate, is tied with top-tier Edwards in the polls?

I'm waiting. :eyes:

[draft_mario_cuomo]

14. No compelling reason for Gore to run?

That statement is ironic coming for a HRC supporter...

[AnOhioan]

15. The fact that HRC is leading the beauty pageant at this point

is enough reason for Gore to run and offer the Party a real choice.

[Forkboy]

16. Nah,not ironic....expected.

[SaveElmer]

29. Not ironic at all...

And polls back me up...because you have an obsessive dislike of her does not invalidate the point...

[dionysus]

18. you say that because you realize Gore would crush Hillary

like the corporate strumpet she is.

Have a nice day.

P.S. you're "standing outside fo the DLC station, one toke over the lineeeeeeeee"

[SaveElmer]

30. Any evidence to back that up...

Of is it just a feeling you have...hairs on the back of your neck? Show me any tangible evidence other than liberal truthiness that makes you say that!

[Alexander]

33. Isn't Gore tied with Edwards already in all the polls?

And he isn't even running. Yet.

Sounds like someone is a little defensive...

[dionysus]

35. If Clinton hadn't gotten a blowjob we wouldn't be in this mess.

to borrow a "tactic" of your ilk.

[IndianaGreen]

24. One compelling reason for Gore to run: HILLARY!

Gore can sidetrack the Clinton machine, and douse the Clintons' ambition to dispense favours to their corporate allies.

[SaveElmer]

31. Produce a scrap of evidence to back that up...

In fact Hillary is quite popular with the vast majority of Democrats. Because you are consumed with an obsessive dislike of Hillary, has no bearing on the fact, a fact I know that just drives you apoplectic, that Hillary is well liked by Democratic voters!!!

[Alexander]

36. Where's your evidence?

Odd, how you attack others for having no evidence, and then make claims that are similarly unverifiable.

Hypocrite.

[SaveElmer]

39. The standard "progressive" tactic...

Make a claim you cannot backup, it is refuted, and then demand evidence for the refutation...

However, in fact, there is not a single poll that shows Gore anywhere in range of Hillary, or Obama for that matter...and several polls that have his negatives in the mid 40's...

Now, on this last point I think a concerted campaign could overcome them, but they do not indicate a widespread desire for Gore to run...

I can provide you links to any of many polls which show this, if you are truly interested...

Now, your evidence please?

[dionysus]

40. If Clinton hadn't gotten a blowjob we wouldn't be in this mess.

[zulchzulu]

17. Anyone want to wager that Al Gore does not run in 2008?

I have a thousand bucks saying he's not going to run. Any takers?

[KoKo]

19. He's going to come in at the last...if he sees an opening...

but he won't "run" in the traditional sense. I'll bet you a fiver.... Don't get into high wage betting. :D

[zulchzulu]

20. Not sure what the bet is, partner...

He will run, but not in the traditional sense...?

[BenDavid]

25. Damn! Are you folks that

desparate for a candidate that did not fight in 2000. Much like Kerry did in 2004. You think Gore is once he announces going to beat HRC? I will answer that HELL NO! Gore will not have his heart into running for president much like which was evident in the 2000 race....So i say Gore stay out of the race because we do not want to lose again...
I do thank you
BD.

[Lord Helmet]

26. My mother would have your head on a spike

for saying that about Gore not fighting. He went to the Supreme Court which was the end of the line for his options. Kerry on the other hand is a damp rag.

[Blue_Roses]

28. If there is one person who DID fight in 2000,

it was Al Gore. What a ludicrous thing to say. It was over a month before he gave that fateful speech.

I think some people have selective amnesia. :crazy:

[Alexander]

38. You need to learn about the facts of 2000 before you post.

"Damn! Are you folks that desparate for a candidate that did not fight in 2000. Much like Kerry did in 2004."

Right, that's why Kerry conceded the next day, and it took Gore until December 12 to finally concede. It's all because Gore "did not fight". :eyes:

There are enough lies, inaccuracies and half-truths about fellow Democrats out there. We don't need other DUers to repeat them.

[AtomicKitten]

34. I am frequently accosted because of my Gore in 2008 bumper sticker.

People are VERY enthusiastic about him running.