Where is AL GORE???

[futureliveshere]

Just wondering, after all the talking heads said that he is the grand old man/leader/peace-maker etc etc and would move with Pelosi, Reid and Dean after the primaries ended. How come we have heard absolutely NOTHING from him these last few days? He was not even a co-signer of the letter demanding the SDs to endorse by Friday.

Or have I missed his endorsement?

:shrug:

[Waya]

1. Nah, you haven't missed it.......

was wondering the same thing..........

[BklynChick]

2. he has some splainin' to do

[LibraLiz1973]

69. Maybe he doesn't love Obama

I'm sure he will vote Dem
and isn't that all we should care about?

[Alter Ego]

3. He called Barack the other night to congratulate him on the nom

but nothing else.

[futureliveshere]

10. Thats good, but why wait to publicly endorse?

He is such a shining light in the party that his endorsement now will make a big difference. The longer he waits, the more irrelevant it becomes.

[Thrill]

19. Save it for a big Rally in July

[LisaM]

4. LOLOL

Well, he may be smarting from certain shots taken at the Clinton-Gore administration made on the campaign trail!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

30. Doubt it.

He's not that small.

[bunnies]

39. Laugh out loud out loud?

:shrug:

[futureliveshere]

40. No way.. I think he is way just above the fray now.

[AllentownJake]

5. He's like Bono

I don't even know how involved in the party he is anymore.

[onehandle]

27. I get party letters addressed from Al Gore several times a year.

He is involved and always will be.

Gore will endorse when Obama's campaign have an event or a day that will be good for Obama.

[Poll_Blind]

6. Ya know, FUNNY thing you should mention that.

  After people like Mondale switched over to Obama I was wondering..."Ok, isn't Gore going to show up now?" Nope. I read an article yesterday where he stated clearly that he did not want any place in Obama's campaign or administration.

  I'm not 100% sure I know all there is to know about Al Gore. You would think he woulda tossed his hat in for Obama by now.

  You'd think, anyway.

PB

[LisaM]

17. As I stated above

Obama was very critical of the Clinton admininstration, in which Gore played a very active part. He also said that only the Republicans were the "party of ideas" in the 1990s. If I were Al Gore, I don't think it would be easy to warm to a candidate who made those remarks. Just my thoughts.

[Poll_Blind]

26. I see your conclusion as a reasonable one, but politicians are generally....

..flexible in cases like this. I don't think that would be enough for Gore not to want to associate himself with the Obama campaign.

  Especially given the focus restoring the environment that Obama has comitted to.

  As with all things, I am sure there are lots of other interactions and details which we are not privvy to so I have to admit ignorance on why this particular relationship hasn't taken off as one might have thought.

PB

[LisaM]

37. Yes, and I think Gore is the magnanimous type

But I also wish Obama hadn't said those things. Among other things, it will be campaign fodder for McCain (the fact that Obama said Republicans had all the ideas in the 90's). Unfortunately, he also lashed out at the Clinton administration during the infamous "bitter small town" speech. Well, a lot of things were said on the campaign trail that might have been left better unsaid. On all sides.

[earth mom]

65. Gore will NOT endorse Obama. Gore said he'd ONLY support a candidate who cares about Global Warming.

Obama is on board with liquefied Coal, which is a HUGE pollutant. :puke:

NO WAY will Gore support Obama because of that.

NO WAY IN HELL.

[faithfulcitizen]

74. Maybe he's waiting for her to officially concede out of respect?

[succubus.blues]

7. I don't know. I haven't heard anything.

[jwirr]

8. I don't think he will endorse until Hill has officially conceded.

[onehandle]

9. So anyone who doesn't step up and take the loyalty oath is suspect?

Interesting.

[futureliveshere]

12. There you go.. I am not suspecting him of anything. Just wonderin'

This is a discussion board you know. It is a question open for discussion.

[LSK]

15. please dont do that

[onehandle]

22. I tire of people implying that party loyalists are letting down Obama.

Chances are that Gore will do his thing when Obama's campaign have an event or a day that will be good for Obama.

This is how it works.

[LSK]

34. dont always assume things so quickly

I am tired of people falsely labeling people and finding it "interesting".

[onehandle]

43. You're right. I should have called it boring. nt

[Iceburg]

68. Yup ...Pretty much like the Bush doctrine, I'd say /nt

[Jersey Devil]

11. Probably travelling with his new lecture

He has a new lecture on the environment and is probably globe hopping with it.

[futureliveshere]

14. Hmmm.. maybe.

[BlooInBloo]

16. Apparently he's helping out Franken in MN....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3391523

[futureliveshere]

18. Thats great. But it just confuses me further.

Since obviously Al Gore is still highly involved in the political scene.

[onehandle]

32. wrong place.

.

[LSK]

13. staying above the fray because he doesnt want to diminish his cause

[JaneQPublic]

20. I wouldn't blame Gore if he didn't publicly endorse...

...after the way the media made such a big stink after Gore endorsed Dean in 2004, as though Gore was personally responsible for Dean's subsequent decline in the polls.

[futureliveshere]

21. Hmm.. Good point. BTW, no blame being assigned.. At least not by me.

[jakem]

23. find him here!

[Catherine Vincent]

38. I see GWB in the top left corner. :)

[jakem]

41. the one hiding in the porta-potty?

[Catherine Vincent]

73. No. He's in front of the cotton candy stand riding the scooter. nt

[Recursion]

24. He meant it when he said "It's time for me to go"

He has done and put up with more than anybody can ask someone to, and he trusts those who come after him enough to let us make our own decisions.

[futureliveshere]

29. In my mind, that is really the ONLY answer that fits the facts.

It really looks like he meant it.

[TornadoTN]

25. He's being a statesman and defering to the Clinton's

I don't have a problem with it personally, he played a very large role in the Clinton administration and probably feels he owes some respect to the Clinton's in that regard.

Beyond that, he was soured by the way the press treated him in 2004 when he came out for Dean and probably didn't want to go through that again and put himself in a very awkward situation.

He'll be on board, he's a true Democrat, through and through.

[JohnnyLib2]

28. Perhaps he hasn't been asked/encouraged by the Obama campaign?

Posts 4 and 17 above make sense to me. He was, after all, highly involved in the ideas from the 60s.

[futureliveshere]

42. But Obama keeps mentioning that he is constantly talking to Al gore

about environment, advise on policy matters and campaigning. So it sounds like they have a good personal rapport.

[JohnnyLib2]

45. Hope so!

[LibraLiz1973]

70. Maybe Obama is stretching the truth???

[endarkenment]

31. Here ya go

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=where%20is%20al%20gore&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SUNA&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl

[futureliveshere]

35. You should be spanked for that!!

:spank:

[onehandle]

33. He will endorse when Obama's campaign have an event or a day that will be good for Obama.

This is how it works.

[futureliveshere]

36. You mean like the Edwards endorsement was timed perfectly?

[Clear Blue Sky]

44. Maybe waiting til this is truly settled?

Hillary has suspended not ended.

[futureliveshere]

48. She is free to keep her campaign suspended. So has Edwards

This way she can still accept money. She only needs to endorse Obama.

[Clear Blue Sky]

52. And she can be there to accept the nomination if the status quo changes.

[futureliveshere]

54. Well..yes.. that too.. (shhhh)

[MoonRiver]

46. He's probably disgusted and horrified

that the DNC did to its own constituency what the RNC did to him. Can't blame him. :puke:

[slick8790]

47. Wah wah wah. Enjoy your last week. n/t

[MoonRiver]

50. LOL

:eyes:

[Zachstar]

62. Less than a week left! Woot!!

[Apollo11]

49. Al is getting ready to bring out his new book

It's called "The Path To Survival". Coming out NEXT WEEK! B-)

You can order it here: www.amazon.com/Path-Survival-Al-Gore/dp/1594867348

www.algore.com

[katmondoo]

51. I received a fundraiser letter from him today

For the Senate races. Donation is to DSCC

[Andrea]

53. Whatever his reasons,

I believe they will be found to be:

1) honorable
2) smart

This speculation can be valuable if we use it to reflect on current events through a different prism.

[futureliveshere]

56. No doubt..

[otohara]

55. When There's A Really Big Rally - Obama Will Roll Him Out

has to be in one of those swing states - women love Al Gore.

The crowd will go wild -

[futureliveshere]

57. Woohoo.. Maan.. That will be one wild party!!!

[otohara]

61. Actually I Saw Al Last Night

I started to watch this documentary about TED - it was their 2006 meeting where 1000 of the smartest, most talented people in the world are invited by invitation only and discuss ideas. http://www.ted.com/

Al's hanging with the world's elite - and I like it.

I see Barack Obama being invited after his 8 year term as POTUS

[niyad]

58. his new book launches on 9 jun. that sort of thing takes a lot of one's time and energy.

[ladjf]

59. If he is one of our leaders, he needs to start doing some leading.

[niyad]

60. what do you call the work he is doing on the environment? sure looks like leading to me.

[ladjf]

64. No doubt about it. I'm not trying to take anything away from him.

But, during this crucial political time, I would have appreciated at least some sort of political
guidance for the American voters. Unless we can get a Democrat elected, none of the environment issues has a chance to be solved.

I voted for Gore in 2000 and would have this time had he been the candidate.

[futureliveshere]

63. sure.. he is leading ALL of us on the environment, and leaving politics behind

Thats the only explanation that makes sense to me.

[earth mom]

66. Gore will NOT endorse Obama. Gore said he'd ONLY support a candidate who cares about Global Warming.

Obama is on board with liquefied Coal, which is a HUGE pollutant. :puke:

NO WAY will Gore support Obama because of that.

NO WAY IN HELL.

[DFW]

67. I was just with Al Gore last Saturday, and this subject was raised

He said that while he was totally focused on environmental issues,
he was also perfectly aware that those issues would be largely
ignored by a McCain administration. Howard Dean, standing next to
Gore, mentioned that McCain had given some lip service to the
environment, but that considering the Republican complete neglect
of the issue during the Cheneybush administration, that THAT was
one VERY low bar to clear. Gore said that he would be speaking up more
when the primaries were resolved. He didn't come out and say it in
so many words, but I'd bet that we'll be hearing from him before Denver,
and in no uncertain terms. Like Howard, he is now a party man. When the
party has spoken, so will he. A guy in the room asked Gore why we had not
heard more from him up to now. Gore said it was a fair question, but said
that he was not interested in taking the side of one Democrat against another
(he would have bombed on GDP). I do not think that he will remain silent for
very long. If he gets a prime slot in Denver, I'm betting that he makes the
hall tremble under the feet of all present--as will Obama when he accepts.

[PeaceNikki]

71. ...

[Deja Q]

72. Last I recall, he's been on Apple's board of directors since 2003.

:shrug:

[crankychatter]

75. If I were him I'd wait for after Convention

He has an agenda that transcends either candidate and not pissing off either of them makes perfect sense...

not that I think Clinton and Obama are not committed to change...

Just ought to keep that door WIDE OPEN

We're all depending on it