Al Gore '08

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

This is in response to an LBN thread that party elders are mulling the idea of Al Gore Leading the Democratic Ticket as a "compromise candidate" for the party. Assuming that scenario plays out, what would be your preferred ticket?

[MrSlayer]

1. Gore/Clark.

Unbeatable. But probably unfair to Obama who has won this primary. Gore/Obama would work as well.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

3. Even thought I voted Gore/Edwards, I totally agree with you...

A Gore/Clark ticket would be money in the bank. And with his Hillary connections, maybe it would appease at least that branch of the family?

[mikelewis]

2. Art Vandelay '08

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

4. Lee Mercer, Jr?

(all three)

[JBear]

5. I vote for Gore-Obama but....

I think John Edwards should be tapped for Atty General! Imagine what he could do there!!!

[elizfeelinggreat]

40. I want him on the Supreme Court

(A girl can dream)

[Bake]

60. He's not a lawyer ...

Not that that's a specific requirement, but in practical terms it is.

Just sayin'.

Bake

[galledgoblin]

6. I'd rather not see him on the top of the ticket...

how would nominating someone who didn't even run unite the party and help democrats feel less disenfranchised?

not to mention, we've "been there, done that". if the ticket were Gore/Clinton, could you imagine the backlash?

[Breeze54]

7. Give it up....

He's not going to run.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

9. Not saying he is...

There was just some speculation on another thread, and I was curious to see what people thought on the issue. Frankly, I find it pretty far-fetched, but I thought having a coke-addled slacker moron assume the presidency was pretty far-fetched, too.

[Brigid]

8. I went with Gore/Obama.

Too bad it is extremely unlikely that this will happen. :(

[PBass]

10. I'm not interested in seeing Al Gore run again.

It's much the same backwards-looking thinking as getting the Clintons back in the White House again... IMO.

In any case, we already have plenty of good candidates. Lets move foreward with them.

[ileus]

11. Clinton is my first pick, gore my second....

[emilyg]

15. Ditto

[MissDeeds]

12. Gore/Edwards works for me n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

36. Works for me.

[Seabiscuit]

38. Gore/Edwards is the only way to go.

"Ah... If only" (From "You've got mail")

[SammyWinstonJack]

43. My favorite line from that movie.

:hi:

[jesus_of_suburbia]

13. My preference would be Gore/Edwards... But Obama deserves more.

I'm a Clinton fan...

I don't Like Obama very much...


But I'll be damned (as it stands right now)... if Obama doesn't at LEAST get VP.


Therefore I voted Gore/Obama.











Unless Obama has something secret against him... as a Clinton fan, I'll never believe in the Dem party if Obama isn't AT LEAST VP.

[bemildred]

14. Fuck the party elders, let the primaries proceed according to the party rules. nt

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

16. I'll put you down for "Other Reaction"

:)

[bemildred]

22. That's the way I voted. nt

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

26. ...and they say it's a secret ballot!

[gateley]

17. Doesn't it seem a bit presumptuous that

"party elders are mulling the idea of Al Gore Leading the Democratic Ticket as a "compromise candidate" for the party"...? Doesn't HE have a say in it? Just leave the poor guy alone. Understanding, as his does far better than most, what we're facing on this planet, isn't it possible that ANY politics pales by comparison?

I'll vote Dem, but I'll feel bad for Gore if he gets roped into this.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

18. I hear you...

But I'm assuming that Al would be a willing "draftee" in this case.

[gateley]

19. Then that would be okay --

I just don't like the feeling that he might be strong-armed into this when it's not really what he wants to do.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

20. Considering the demands of a presidential campaign...

it would take a lot of "fire in the belly" to even undertake such a thing. Which is why I suspect he won't do it. He's got other ways to make his influence known -- and ways that are largely his to control.

[RB TexLa]

27. "guy"?? be careful, seems to many on DU he is no longer mortal, that's why I just call him The Gore

Don't want your house firebombed for not showing "proper respect." ;-)

[Flying Dream Blues]

35. That reply really wasn't called for, winking smilie or no. nt

[aasleka]

21. other reaction, Obama/Gore

[IDemo]

23. Kucinich/Edwards, since this is just a fantasy exercise

[RB TexLa]

24. exactly. I'll go with Mondale/Hart

[HCE SuiGeneris]

25. Frank Zappa/Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

And a time machine to take us there...

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

30. Sure...Vote for the two guys who have enough sense to not take the job!

:)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

28. Curious...

62 Votes as of this post and not one for a Gore/Clinton ticket.

[Pastiche423]

32. Not curious to me

Considering they do not like one another.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

42. 125 votes and not one...

In a brokered convention, do they all go away?

Note: Al was being interviewed yesterday and made it pretty clear that he wasn't interested, so this really is a moot point.

[Pastiche423]

44. Don't understand your comment

What does what you say have to do w/the relationship between Al Gore and Hillary Clinton?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

45. I don't understand your comment to my comment....

I was just finding it curious that nobody (1 vote, as of this post) was in support of a Gore/Clinton ticket. I know a lot of Hillary supporters have departed recently, but does that mean that all of her supporters here at DU would rather not vote at all than vote for somebody other than Hillary?

[Pastiche423]

48. My comment:

Not curious to me

Considering they do not like one another. (Meaning Al Gore and Hillary Clinton)

I do not come to this forum (for obvious reasons) often and was unaware that some Clinton supporters left.

My only point was, that Al Gore would not choose Clinton as a vp because they do not like each other.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

51. That may be true...

But it appears that not a lot of Hillary supporters like Al, either.

[Pastiche423]

52. It does not surprise me

that DLC lovers do not like Al Gore.

[Kahuna]

29. What the perfect dream ticket would have been all along. Gore/Obama

Silly!

[Blue_In_AK]

31. I would prefer Gore/Edwards

but I picked Gore/Obama because that would be less likely to piss off Obama's fans.

[Kazak]

33. Can I get that LBN link?

I looked and didn't see anything on the front page... :shrug:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

34. Sorry, I think this was may have been in General Discussion

I'll look for it.

Nope. It was LBN

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3248467

[ThomWV]

37. Back when the Conventions actually did something this might have happened

There was a time. That was then, this is now. Today the Convention(s) are just a show-place for the pre-ordained to get all the free airtime that the Party can convince the MSM to give it. No more and no less.

[Chulanowa]

39. IF it happens, Gore and Edwards

And after I cast my vote, I'll be ditching the Democratic party and disavowing all politics forevermore, because if our party pulls that bullshit, well, I don't know what to say. The people have spoken, the votes have been made. Obama is in the front, Clinton nearly is... If you think the Clintonista caterwauling about FL and MI not getting their votes in is loud, imagine what the sound will be like when EVERY STATE has its primaries overturned by "party leadership"

I love Gore. I love Edwards. I would die to campaign for them. But handing either the nomination, without votes, in spite of the votes already cast for the many Democrats who actually campaigned... that'd be bullshit.

[Jack Rabbit]

41. I'll vote for any ticket headed by Al Gore

Even if it's Gore-McAuliffe.

[earth mom]

46. Gore/Edwards! Woo Hoo!

:woohoo:

[Catshrink]

50. My dream ticket!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

47. I'll vote for the Democratic candidate

I don't see how Gore/Clinton or Gore/Obama is a compromise. If the object is to keep either Clinton or Obama supporters from staying home or, worse, voting for a Republican, then to me it would have to involve a VP candidate other than Clinton or Obama.

I'm past sick and tired of this primary. At this point, I don't care about the personalities anymore. If Gore can get us out of the economic and diplomatic messes we're in, that's fine with me. If Clinton or Obama becomes the nominee, fine. Whoever gets the nomination, they're going to be a lot better than Bush or McCain. I really don't envy the next President, however. They're going to have one of the biggest challenges any President has had in a long time.

[Kitty Herder]

49. I think it's disgusting that they would consider nominating a candidate, even Al Gore whom I

admire greatly, who hasn't been elected through primaries and caucuses, who hasn't even been on the ticket. That's COMPLETELY overriding the will of people. I would feel like I wasted my time voting.

[earth mom]

53. NO-stealing the election from Gore in 2000 was overriding the will of the people.

Hillary & Obama are so polarizing that many will not vote this year.

How is it the will of the people when millions refuse to vote because they can't stand one or both of the candidates? :wtf:

[waiting for hope]

54. Wow - Gore/Edwards is ahead!

Humm, does that say something?

[Catchawave]

56. Interesting results indeed....

Me likey :D

[waiting for hope]

57. Me too!

;)

[deutsey]

55. Gore is a concept by which we measure our pain. n/t

[balantz]

58. Kickin' for Gore/Edwards!

Check out those numbers!

:kick:

[Freedom Train]

59. Gore/Edwards is the dream ticket!

See y'all at the second round of voting at the convention! ;)