Gore Fans Won't Accept No For 2008

Supporters Plot Campaign To Draft Former Vice President Into Presidential Race

(AP)  Veterans of Al Gore's past are quietly assembling a campaign to draft the former vice president into the 2008 presidential race — despite his repeated statements that he's not running.

His top policy adviser from his 2000 presidential campaign and other key supporters met Thursday in Boston to mull a potential Gore campaign. The participants and Gore's Nashville office both said Gore, who is in London, is not involved.

Elaine Kamarck, a veteran of the Clinton White House and Gore's policy guru in 2000, said the meeting was informal and shouldn't be taken as a sign there will be a Gore 2008 campaign.

Chris Mackin, a Boston consultant and Gore supporter, called it “an early stage conversation.” But he added: “We're very serious about exploring this.”

Gore's spokeswoman, Kalee Kreider, said the only campaign Gore is on right now is against global warming.

“He so appreciates the sentiment behind efforts like this. But he's been very clear he really has no intention of running for president in 2008,” she said.

Gore won a hard-fought primary campaign to become the Democratic nominee in 2000. He won the popular vote, but lost to President Bush after a messy legal challenge ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Since then, the former Tennessee senator has worked against global warming and served on corporate boards, including Google and Apple Inc. Due to a range of business ventures, aides have said Gore could spend as much as $50 million of his own money to launch a credible presidential run.

And, in the background, groups have been lobbying for Gore's return to presidential politics.

“He certainly has the right political climate. How many political candidates are being nominated for Nobel prizes and winning Oscars?” said Dylan Malone, co-founder of AlGore.org and organizer of a political action committee trying to draft Gore.

His work on global warming earned him a Nobel nomination and two Oscar nods for his documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth.” He has re-branded himself on late-night television and has brought together a stable of grass-roots supporters.

In 2002, Gore asked Malone to stop a draft effort he had begun; Malone did. Malone started up again and, so far, Gore hasn't waved him off.

“The difference is dramatic. His time has come,” Malone said. “We're raising tens of thousands of dollars fairly easily. Our mailing lists are growing so quickly we have to buy new computers.”

In a New Hampshire poll released this week, Gore ranked fourth, behind Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama and John Edwards. Gore earned 8 percent.

The results mirror other polls nationwide.

“He certainly is in a position he can get into this,” said Doug Hattaway, Gore's campaign spokesman in 2000. “He doesn't need to jump into this right away. He can keep his powder dry for a while.”

Gore is scheduled to be in Washington next month to testify on Capitol Hill on global warming.

[j0hnwi11iams]

Gore would TROUNCE any current idiot running on petty ambition.

[j0hnwi11iams]

Never underestimate the power of denial. Look what it's done for the Republicans.

[dallison7]

Neither will I.......RUNNNNNNN GORREST, RUNNNNNNNNN!!!!! Anything to take votes away from Hillary is fine with me.
Posted by bigwhtpony


Yep, the idiots are sure afraid of Hillary!! Doesn't matter, now that the investigation has begun Rocky the squirrel could handily beat any republican nominee!!

LOL

[bigwhtpony]

Neither will I.......RUNNNNNNN GORREST, RUNNNNNNNNN!!!!! Anything to take votes away from Hillary is fine with me.

[rafterman1]

"That last line was a joke, by the ways."

Yes, because the "mighty right" knows that dems and liberals want Osama bin Laden to take over the country and implement Islamic law because we all know how forgiving Islamic law would be to us hedonistic, God-hating libs :)

Oh and Jane Fonda would be vice president and we would chisel Bill Clinton's face on Mount Rushmore :)

[shingles1]

That last line was a joke, by the ways.

[shingles1]

I'm with you, Rafterman1.
I didn't vote for the guy, but I've grown to respect him over the last 6/7 years. By not having to run for office he seems to have been "freed" from the usual politician nonsense. And his work on global warming is to be commended even though we all know "global warming" is really a conspiracy by satanic liberal defeatocrat party of death traitors to destroy America.

[grumpas]

After the *** he got in 2000 I would imagine he was burnt pretty bad! So much so, he probably doesn't want any part of it! I know the American people were screwed and burnt royally too! It was an insult to this great country that votes were not counted in Florida! Why the GOP was allowed to hijack the elections the way they did should have never been allowed to happen! Maybe if the lot of us would have screamed bloody murder then our country wouldn't be the mess it is today! He couldn't have been any worse that the nut case who is in there now!

[huskerarmy]

Gore survived the GOPers swift boating and a poorly run campaign, but embarassed W in the debates and ultimately won the popular vote. After six years of the frat boy president, I imagine he's looking pretty good to that soft middle right about now.

[huskerarmy]

"Al Gore's an embarrassment and a total waste of skin."

As opposed to obiwan whose a total waste of grey matter and key strokes.

[rafterman1]

Gore's actually doing useful things now with his involvement in global warming stuff. Why would he want to dirty himself by becoming a politician again?

[dallison7]

Gore could probably pull it off and win the election again. He has already been through the swiftboat routine, not many more lies the neocons could come up with about him. Plus he has carved out quite a personna lately.

[dallison7]

Al Gore's an embarrassment and a total waste of skin. If that's the best the Dem's can do, well OK we'll take that.
Posted by Obiwan234

LOL


By comparison the republicans have three alternatives. 1. A male slvt who stands against everything they stand for, 2. A 70 year old has-been who likes to fall asleep in public, and 3. A member of the most bizzare cult on the face of the earth.

LOL

[dixiebobh]

How about Clinton-Clinton?

[bluestardad]

Gore is one sure way to put a Republican back in the White House!

[rray52]

The inconvenient truth is he doesn%u2019t have a hope

[book54552134]

Gore would probably make a fair to good President especially when compared to the morally corrupt bunch that's in the White House now.
Unfortunately, I think he forfeited his best bet for an election win when he refused to take on Bush for an election rematch in 2004. For Gore, his prime opportunity for election has passed.

[clemenhagen1]

Thoughtful response. Well articulated with clearly delineated arguments.

[obiwan234]

Al Gore's an embarrassment and a total waste of skin. If that's the best the Dem's can do, well OK we'll take that.

[clemenhagen1]

Al Gore serves as a great example of someone who finally learned how to be a likeable and respected public figure: quit listening to the handlers. President Bush's quality that allowed him to get elected twice? He seemed like a natural fella. Gore acted so stiff and staged it fed into a natural reaction against him that the Republicans played to the hilt. If you have seen him lately, he's a different cat. Much more relaxed - less staged. His success with his film and message has provided a confidence that has transformed him into a much more identifiable individual. If he decides to run he could be a legitimate force with whom to contend. That is if the American people gave him another chance to define himself on different terms.