Gore Denies Reports of Secret Meetings in Nashville.

[illinoisprogressive]

TPM Cafe, which of course, Talking Points Memo is a very reliable site, says Al Gore's spokesman denies reports of a secret meeting for a campaign, calling it pure fantasy.
Sorry, Gore fans. I love Gore, but, never thought he would run now. He has no reason to. The brutal way he was treated in 2000 and how he is now adored, why would he want to go back? He is rich, doing what is his passion and happy. I'd rather Gore do what he wants after so many years of service to his country than force the man to do something he really does not want to do.
I suspect this was a planted story by the Clinton camp only because both Bill and Carvelle have stated publicly that they do this to try to keep donors from going to other candidates and hoping to split the votes so Hillary gains the nomination. Nothing wrong with it. It's pure politics and a political move. They all do games like this.
But, I don't want to see those who are busting with anticipation to be let down again with these continuing rumors

anyway, here is the story:

Naah. Not happening. Al Gore's camp is denying a report saying that his friends have "secretly started assembling a campaign team in preparation for the former American vice-president to make a fresh bid for the White House." The report is now one of the lead stories on the Drudge Report and is being played up elsewhere.

But Gore spokesperson Kalee Kreider emails us this: "There is not a secret campaign operation in Nashville or any other part of the country to mobilize a campaign...other than that which the former Vice President has stated, to mobilize the American people to address the climate crisis."

Adds former Gore adviser Michael Feldman: "Pure fantasy."

Just in case you didn't know this already.

www.talkingpointsmemeo.com

[KittyWampus]

1. Hello, Wishful thinking DU'ers... the story originated in the freaking Telegraph

nnot exactly the most revered newspaper.

[madrchsod]

2. the "reporter" offered nothing but speculation

no creditable sources and nothing that would lead anyone to believe this "story" is creditable.

[Rock_Garden]

3. I watched Bill Clinton on Larry King the other night.

Much to my surprise, Mr. Clinton mentioned Gore running as a possibility that he could see happening. Unfortunately, he didn't elaborate.

[AndyTiedye]

4. Gore is The ONLY One Who Has Been Able to Define Himself Instead of…

…having to stand by helplessly while the Repiglican Slime Machine defines them instead.

Gore is the only Democrat who can win in 2008.

(unless Bush** and DarthCheney are IMPEACHED by then, in which case Nancy Pelosi
could win, because she would already BE President)

[nevergiveup]

5. Gore is not the only

Democrat who can win and if you and other good Democrats pin 100% of your hopes on him and believe he is our only chance for victory, we will lose for sure because he is probably not going to run. We have great candidates. Edwards, Obama and Richardson can all be elected.

[AndyTiedye]

6. Richardson Looks Good

If the primary were today and Gore wasn't on the ballot I'd vote for Richardson.

The Repiglican slime machine hasn't really started on him yet though,
and once they do, he probably won't look nearly so good.
Like most other candidates, he will be forced to allow the MSM to define him.

Obama is a really easy target for them, of course,
and I think we're starting to see what they have planned for Edwards.

Senator Clinton didn't make your list, so I guess we agree about her electability.

[cascadiance]

9. Richardson was cool on Laura Flanders yesterday! Supported public financing!

He said that his goal was to raise enough money to be heard by the electorate, but not to spend so much time and effort in building huge sums of money like the front runners that he couldn't do his job as governor and become more of a slave to it. He threw in that he would like to see public financing so that would be more the way many good viable candidates could run, or something to that effect.

His standing for me just jumped up quite a few notches when I heard his comments there. It'll be interesting to see if he can appoint a replacement for Domenici in the near future when he perhaps gets thrown out with Attorneygate messes. It would also be interesting to see who he might select then too!

[Bjorn Against]

7. Whether the stories of the meetings are true or not...

If Gore was not at least considering a run he would come flat out and say that he was not going to run. He would not be issuing carefully worded statements that leave the door open for possibility, and he certainly would not have made that joke at the Oscars without clarifying the very next day that he was absolutely not going to run. Gore knows that the possibility of him getting in the race has an effect on the fund raising potential of other candidates, and he would not want donors holding on to their money in the hope that he will get in if he knew he was not going to get in to the race.

[cascadiance]

8. Somehow though I don't think Gore and Dicaprio would have done their "joke" during the Oscars...

... the way they did if he wasn't at least considering a run at that point.

Whether he ultimately will run yet or not perhaps is still a big an open question yet, but if he was decided already that he wasn't going to run, and Dicaprio knew it too, I don't think they would have "played" with us with the sort of smiles they had on their face when they left the podium. I don't believe that they would have done that.

[Cha]

14. I think it was joke.

And a very unique, refreshing one but still a cosmic joke.

[cascadiance]

15. We all know it was a joke I think...

But the way it was done was more to poke fun at those that speculated he might announce then, which I think in hindsight everyone realizes he wasn't going to. But I still say that I don't think they would have done that joke then the way they did it, if there wasn't some long term seriousness in considering a run for president later and announcing later. I just don't think they'd have played with our emotions that way if that was the case.

Now certainly an Emcee might make a joke like that without Gore or DiCaprio involved and it would be in complete fun and wouldn't reflect anything on their part, but given Gore's personal involvement with that, I still don't think he'd play with our emotions like that without some consideration for running still in the back of his mind.

[Hippo_Tron]

10. Well if they let us know, it wouldn't be a secret, now would it?

[BlooInBloo]

17. (smacks head) Why didn't I think of that? Anyone denying anything MUST be lying!

Bert: You're in denial.
Ernie: No I'm not.

[RestoreGore]

11. I really wish they would leave this man alone

And allow him to live his life as he now sees fit.

[MasonJar]

12. No Republican can win in 08! They are dropping like the miserable

insects (my apologies to all insects) they are.

[Cha]

13. Gore is "mobilizing" me..

My sis and I are going to his show April 26th..Thursday!

I just wanna shake his hand and thank him for what he's doing for our country and our Planet.

[BlooInBloo]

16. Can this replace the patently fale and never corrected thread on thew frontpage?

[barb162]

18. I thought he would do this. I didn't trusted that story

He's made it clear many times he won't run