Waiting for Gore: "Run, Al, Run " is the New Democratic Chant (Huffington Post)

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by Bill Katovsky. Excerpt:

Now that he bagged the prize as predicted, we will see the following reactions:

1. Online organizations like DraftGore.com and AmericaforGore.org will see a great surge of interest. This is the good, healthy kind of surge, the one that doesn't sacrifice lives in a fruitless war. There will be a spike of online signatures. Expect to see the numbers double and soon fly past 250,000. There might even be another full-page ad in New York Times which generated a ton of publicity this past week.

2. You will see a ramp-up in effort and number of volunteers of grass-roots groups in Iowa, California, Michigan, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania to get Gore's name on the ballot for upcoming primaries. All of this is done independent of Gore, and represents a remarkable validation of the inherent strength of democracy in action, and one freed from the corrosive influence of special interests and Beltway politics. If Gore does run, he is a lock to win Time magazine's person of the year award, but runner-up should be awarded to the Draft Gore movement.

3. All this interest in Gore has to make the Hillary camp nervous. There he is, biding his time in the wings, saving boatloads of money by not campaigning, getting wonderful press and relishing every moment of his continual place in the media spotlight. Yet the instant he does declare --that's still a big if-- Gore is the only Democratic contender who can dethrone her as frontrunner. And it could happen quickly, like one of those Texas-size ice floes splintering off Greenland. It will alter the political environment overnight.

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