Draft Gore.

[rateyes]

That is all.

[redqueen]

1. (nt) ?

[OneBlueSky]

2. if Democrats had any brains, that's exactly what they'd do . . . n/t

.

[Tesha]

3. Gore is the one candidate I could whole-heartedly support.

Gore is the one candidate I could whole-heartedly support.
He's a far better candidate than he was in 2000, the
Clintons will have been dismissed from American public
life so not hanging over him anymore like a black cloud,
and the sheer politics of having him coming back now,
after the usurper flushed this country into the toilet
while Gore went off to win an Emmy, an Oscar, and a
Nobel Prize is just irresistible.

Having said that, I'll vote for Obama if he's the
candidate, but my heart won't be in it. For Gore,
not only my heart but my entire body and soul would
be in it.

Tesha

[rateyes]

6. We, the people, have a chance to make it happen...

Longshot, I know. Not impossible, though.

[CreekDog]

27. We the people have been voting for a couple of months

I don't see legitimacy to a process that overturns a process that voters have driven.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. only in my most delightful dreams....

He really missed a chance here...

[Frances]

5. I worked to elect Gore

but I honestly believe that both Hillary and Obama have been better candidates than Gore was.

I wish with all my heart that Gore had won in 2000, but I don't want him to be our candidate now.

[scheming daemons]

7. ...to be head of the EPA under President Obama......

...

[closeupready]

12. Definitely. I think that's a major possibility

based upon Obama's speech last night - he really touched on Gore's environmental themes.

[cali]

8. I can't think of anything worse for the party

that is all.

[rateyes]

13. I can think of a lot worse things for the party. nt

[cali]

17. OK, there are worse things, but this would be a body blow.

Millions of people have voted and are invested in their candidates, and Obama in particular has brought many, many new voters into the party. By crowning Gore, you'd completely alienate them. Hell, you'd alienate me. And lots of people like me. Gore isn't entitled to the nomination. He chose not to fight for it. He does not deserve it.

[KAZ]

20. Boy, I'm glad your back posting again! n/t

[CreekDog]

28. I agree

And I'm a huge fan of Gore.

[milkyway]

9. That is so 2007.

[rateyes]

15. What color is this year's "pink?"

:D

[tinrobot]

10. Why does he get to clean up Bush's mess?

The next president will spend 4-8 years playing janitor, cleaning up the steaming pile of crap left by Bush.

I love Gore, but I'm not sure if I'd wish that on him. I think the planet would be better off if Gore was less encumbered by Bush's droppings and more free to work as an elder statesman.

[rateyes]

14. Somebody who knows how to do it needs to clean up the mess.

[closeupready]

11. He doesn't want it, that's fine. He's doing great doing what he's doing.

Winning a Nobel is hardly a cakewalk. :D

[grantcart]

16. Are you seriously suggesting that now an African American is winning the nomination

That we need to rush in a white liberal to save the party?

I know that's now how you see it but that is exactly how everyone else will.

[insanity]

18. I don't think that's the intention of the OP

Al Gore is one of out party's most respected politicians. I'd go Gore/Obama ftw.

[KAZ]

21. I'd rather see an Obama/Gore ticket. n/t

It would rock the house.

[grantcart]

24. I specifically said I knew that wasn't his feeling - that is how it will be seen

especially if your black or like me in a racially mixed marriage

[CreekDog]

19. Finally a voice of reasoned caution

I might also add that a woman is the second contender.

Folks, people are voting in droves for the top two candidates, I don't think it's right to impose on the party somebody who hasn't competed in the primaries unless the candidates the voters chose were somehow disqualified or withdrew. Only in such a scenario would a Gore nomination be appropriate.

[grantcart]

25. Gore or anyone else is too smart to launch themselves into the role

as the guy who tried to stop the first Black President. People need to start asking themselves at a deeper level really why they are resisting what is now a done deal.

[rateyes]

22. Nope. I voted for Edwards, and my second choice

is Obama. I just happen to think that we are headed toward a brokered convention because I don't see Hillary bowing out. Period.

And, in a brokered convention all bets are off, and a darkhorse could emerge. In the very unlikely case of that happening, I hope it's Gore.

I like him better than either Obama or Clinton. But, if Obama wraps it up before the convention, then I'm going to vote Obama.

[Khaotic]

23. Obama/Gore!!!

I'd love to have Al as VP for another 4 years!

[COFoothills]

26. If Gore wanted to run...

...he would have by now.

He's clearly decided he can do more good and get more done in his current role. Can't say I disagree with him.

Get over it. You know who the candidates are.