If Gore were running:Who would you be voting for?

[DiamondJay]

If Al Gore were running, there is no doubt he would be a front runner. It would be him, and the two currents, Obama and Clinton. To all supporters of both, who would you be voting for if Gore were in this? Me personally, i would be cheerleader for Gore as hard as anyone could and be voting for him as far an advance as I could. Because he has the message AND the experience to back it up, not to mention, he was always against the Iraq War. He, unlike Obama has the experience to back up why I would trust him, and his experience was 100% proven unbridled success as VP. And he woulda been more electable than both of our current candidates, no worries on gender/polarization factor or race. And he can be the banner against everything Bush. Obama, well his stance may have been different on Iraq, as he said, if he had been in the senate in 02, tho for now he gets the benefit of doubt. Al Gore would be a shoo-in, these clowns running right now can't. Another thing I like about him, I a Clinton supporter am not thrilled with Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton, Gore would be a departure, and I woudln't have to worry about the Bush-Clinton twice thing with a Republican after it as I do with Obama. But his experience and gravitas mattered most to me, which is why I support Clinton right now.

[waiting for hope]

1. Al Gore in a New York minute.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. You bet your sweet lock-box I'd vote for Gore!

:evilgrin:

--p!

[brooklynite]

3. But, he was a BAD CANDIDATE

However you feel about the Florida recount debacle, it was unforgivable that the incumbent VP of a popular President couldn't come up with a compelling message to win one more state so Florida wouldn't matter.

[featherman]

4. Agree... that was a tough one for me

But in the end, I just admire him (Gore) too much... I'd be supporting him in this race and thrilled to have three candidates of this caliber (like I was before JE dropped out)

[DiamondJay]

5. bad candidates dont' win the people's will

especially against GW Bush, who unlike all of the Republicans we see now, and most Republicans, Bush could galvinize the conservative base for him like non other. THAT's why Edwards did Kerry no good in 04, but would probably help big time in 08. Gore did make a huge mistake not capitalizing on his admins successes like Bush Sr. did, in an attempt to stray from clinton's "character" flaws, but this year, he would be much more likely to capitalize on his admins successes against Bush II's failures, especially becuase peeps have forgiven Bill and Gore has no baggage whatsoever

[MadBadger]

8. That was then, this is now.

[AndyTiedye]

13. Gore Was Doing Fine Until the Mighty Slime Machine Went into High Gear

Gore couldn't beat the mighty slime machine AND the Florida election stealing machine.

Kerry couldn't either.

Obama and Clinton and their supporters underestimate the power of these at their peril and ours.

They all SAY they will fight the inevitable swiftboating, but HOW will they fight it? We have heard nothing but rhetoric about fighting back, because nobody really has a clue how to fight this thing.

[Andrea]

22. Absolutely

And you bet your life they are going to try to steal this election, too. Gore could win by such a huge margin, that they would be unable to steal enough votes to knock him out.

[Samantha]

14. If Al Gore had been the best of candidates, Election 2000

would have ended up exactly the same. The Republicans' mantra was win at all costs. And so they did.

I wonder if they are happy with the price they have paid over the last 7 years.

There are very few things that should be win at all costs; an election is not one of them. The price Bush* paid was his illegitimacy, and that was a large part, along with his mere incompetence, of the impetus for the problems we now face.

[Andrea]

20. Have you noticed him at all

the last eight years? He's hardly the same man he was in '00.

[Political Heretic]

6. It depends on Gore's platform.

If its Gore 2000 and not substantially different from the other Candidates, then Obama.

[Andrea]

23. Why would you think it would be Gore 2000?

You must not have been paying any attention.

[Stoic]

7. I always wanted Al to run

The nomination would have been his and the presidency. Why, Al? Why didn't you run?

[FogerRox]

9. Gore,

was I supposed to read the rest of the diary ?

[arewenotdemo]

10. Obama. Gore had my vote but lost it to Barak.

[bunnies]

15. B-A-R-A-C-K. nt

[arewenotdemo]

19. Thanks. That should save me some FUTURE embarassment.

:kick:

[TSIAS]

11. Gore

I doubt Obama would even be running if Gore was in the race. Their message seems to have many similarities, so I figure Obama would have endorsed Gore and stayed out himself.

[TheDeathadder]

12. I'm 100% Clinton

but I'd switch to Gore in a second, but it's like saying I'd switch from "BLANK" To Gore in a second.

[jefferson_dem]

16. Obama.

I love Al but Obama is what we need right now.

[MadBadger]

17. I'm all about Gore/Obama.

[Turn CO Blue]

18. Al Gore in a heartbeat.

[Hoof Hearted]

21. That kinda depends. If he just jumped in now? No, I love him but I couldn't respect that

If he had been in all along? Good chance I would break for Gore. Damn good chance.

[arewenotdemo]

24. I'm kind of stunned at the results for this poll.

[Andrea]

27. Really?

It doesn't surprise me at all.

[calmblueocean]

25. It's hard not to resent Gore for refusing to run again.

There were a million reasons for him to run this year, and everyone would've been behind him. Can you imagine him on the stage with McCain or Romney? They're lightweights compared to Al.

I know he's already given enough, and no one can make claims on another person's life, but still...

It's a tragedy and a letdown. Things could've been so different.

[Andrea]

26. Gore in a heartbeat

And I wouldn't care who the other choices were. Reasons:

Against the war, very vocally, from the beginning.

His book, Assault on Reason.

An Inconvenient Truth.

Nobel Peace Prize.

Could truly bring the party and the country together. (Look, he's got Obama, Clinton and Edwards supporters coming out for him in this thread.)

By far the most electable candidate we could have,

[TriMetFan]

28. President Gore would get my vote all over again.

[tandem5]

29. gore. always. nt

[Guaranteed]

30. This poll is why I find it so hard to believe that anyone really fell in love

with any of our top three candidates. None of them are worth slitting your wrists over.

[Drunken Irishman]

31. Gore/OBAMA, the dream ticket!

[napi21]

32. I'm still not sure, but it wouldn't be Gore!

I realize there are still a lot of Gore supporters here, and that's fine. You have every right toyour own opinion. So do I. I liked Gores ideas and his positions, but he didn't have the ability to get people to like him personally. I know that shouldn't matter, but unfortunately it does. The people who are asked "Why are yo voting for XXXXXXXX?" They usually say, "I just like him." There's a lot of different names for that. Charisma, communication, likeability, and a lot more. It's similar to your heart surgeon. Most heart surgeons have a really pissy bed side manner, but their patients want their care because they are very good at their profession. Those same patients who would recommend that Dr. as a surgeon, sure wouldn't want him being their neighbor, or coming to their BBQ.

One of the talking heads (sorry I don't remember which one) was talking about this last week. What makes people "like" one candidate over another. FEW people make that decision based upon issues or statements that candidate made, but on "likeability". The old "I just like him/her" opinion.

[anamandujano]

33. People liked him enough to vote him in, so either he is likable or

they voted on some other quality he had like intelligence, competence, whatever.

At this point, I think it's too late, as someone already mentioned. You can't let the other candidates run themselves ragged and then jump in and take over the race. Not fair.

I also would like to add, that while I also like Gore a lot, it was only because one of the big bad Clintons made his VP job into a serious position that he was able to shine and win all our favor.

I'm pretty sure Obama would still be running even if Gore had run, since it's not about the message, it's about him.

His message is him.

[bklyncowgirl]

34. Gore without a doubt. I'd hope he'd pick Obama or Richardson as his running mate.

Ah well, dream on, Cowgirl.

[robbedvoter]

35. Gore, of course!

[robcon]

36. Gore would have been an also-ran in the primaries, though

All the polls suggested his support was in third or fourth place among Democrats.