No Nobel Bounce For Gore, Poll Shows

Little Change In Public Support For Presidential Run By Peace Prize Winner

(AP)  Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize hasn't translated into an increase in support for a presidential bid, a poll found Tuesday.

Asked if they would like to see the former vice president run for president in 2008, people said no by a 54 percent to 41 percent margin, according to a Gallup Poll. That was about the same as last March, when people opposed his running 57 percent to 38 percent.

Even among Democrats there was no visible surge of interest in Gore. In the new survey, 48 percent said they would like him to run and 43 percent said they would not. Last March, Democrats were in favor of him entering the race 54 percent to 41 percent - statistically the same as the new poll.

Gore, who won the prize last Friday for his work raising awareness of global warming, has not said he is a candidate for the White House but has never definitively ruled it out - including for a race in the future.

When Democrats were asked their preference for their party's presidential nomination for next year, Gore was chosen by 14 percent - far behind Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and just behind Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. That was about the same support he received in a Gallup Poll in early October.

The poll was conducted Oct. 12-14 and involved telephone interviews with 1,009 adults. The overall margin of sampling error was plus or minus three percentage points.

The question on Gore running for president was asked of 502 adults and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus five percentage points. That included 183 Democrats, with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus eight percentage points.

[one_american]

The following was reported by the Washington Post on March 18, 2000 --

"For all of Gore''s later fascination with science and technology, he often struggled academically in those subjects. The political champion of the natural world received that sophomore D in Natural Sciences 6 (Man''s Place in Nature) and then got a C-plus in Natural Sciences 118 his senior year."


And the liberals want to believe him "brilliant".

heh heh.

[taotxzen]

However many holy words you read,
However many you speak,
What good will they do
If you do not act on them?

[taotxzen]

Conservatives out give Liberals by a wide margin when it comes to charitable contributions.

Could it be it is because they own 80 percent of the wealth?

I believe that if Jesus were alive today he would be spending his time with the sick children that Bush is trying to cut aid to, the soldier that is on his or her fifth tour in Iraq or the Iraqi civilian that just lost his entire family. Or the outcast of our society, he would not spend anymore time in mega churches than it would take him to run everyone out as he did the traders from the Temple.

[jowand]

And for all the self appointed Evangelical right-wingers out there that are consumed with greed, politics and intolerance rather than caring for your fellow man, art thou not thy brothers keeper?

Can you say Hypocrisy?


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Posted by taotxzen at 08:30 AM : Oct 17, 2007

Conservatives out give Liberals by a wide margin when it comes to charitable contributions.

[taotxzen]

And for all the self appointed Evangelical right-wingers out there that are consumed with greed, politics and intolerance rather than caring for your fellow man, art thou not thy brothers keeper?

Can you say Hypocrisy?

[taotxzen]

Which brings us to the biggest reason the right hates Mr. Gore, in his case the smear campaign has failed. He has taken everything they could throw at him, and emerged more respected, and more credible, than ever. And it drives them crazy.

Paul Krugman

Republicans have no record on issues other than gay marriage and abortion. What are they going to run on their war record, the economy, the environment, health care, jobs, cutting taxes to the rich, corruption, ethics, education...

All they can rely on is to smear and try to discredit their opponent. From Lee Atwater to Karl Rove to Ann Coulter to Fox News to the right wing bloggers on this site.

[jowand]

I liked what gore said about being our own power companies. Heck, you can even sell it back to the power company. Making money.

The price of solar panels is outrageously high right now, but once they come down just the politicians will have the high power bills.


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Posted by getitfree at 07:01 AM : Oct 17, 2007

Al Gore talks the talk but walk the talk, it''s a way for him to make money out of well meaning idiots.

[getitfree]

I liked what gore said about being our own power companies. Heck, you can even sell it back to the power company. Making money.

The price of solar panels is outrageously high right now, but once they come down just the politicians will have the high power bills.

[finewoven]

Remember the Depression with the dust bowls across America. GET REAL. Just a cycle of Mother Nature and Al has you by the purse strings again.
Posted by retiredusaf3 at 08:37 PM : Oct 16, 2007

I do remember the the Oklahoma Dust Bowl, which was caused my over-farming. The nutrients were lost, and the heat caused the draght. You seem to be proving Al''s point very well! Overuse of the environment causes problems, and excess carbon dioxide causes acid rain, and a greenhouse effect. The result, the melting of the ice caps and a change in weather patterns around the world. Do you deny that this is occurring today? The cycle of Mother nature is to rectify this, maybe mankind doesn''t deserve the earth after all. This is irresponsibility on behalf of the most educated and clever society on earth.

You are an odd ball, to think that Al wants to take over the purse strings. This reflects how you think. Totally irresponsible--and idiotic.

[finewoven]

And now that Mr. Bush has proved himself utterly the wrong man for the job - to be, in fact, the best president Al Qaeda%u2019s recruiters could have hoped for - the symptoms of Gore derangement syndrome have grown even more extreme.

Posted by taotxzen at 08:50 PM : Oct 16, 2007

Scary--isn''t it. What''s next?

[finewoven]

Freedom isn"t free. This nation is at war.

Ask your parents and grandparents about the sacrifices they made during World War II.

You want to keep all your money and cheer for the troops on your TV ?

How about shelling out more tax money for VA hospitals and veterans" benefits ?

Not as much fun ?

Posted by Iceman_1960 at 12:18 AM : Oct 17, 2007

Freedom isn''t free, this nation generates war to pay the price. Ask your parents and grandparents how much money they made off WW II. Everybody wants more money so cheer for more troops to fight as we watch it on TV. Use more tax money for additional weapons, even sell some to the enemy. Ignore those whose lives are irreparably altered, making money wasn''t meant to be fun.

Lord have mercy. --I''m beginning to sound like Patriot9.

[jowand]

The Nobel Peace isn''t very noble anymore, it has become too political over the last 20 or so years. It''s being used to make political statements, this always cheapens things. Politicians, five of them, should not be choosing winners of awards. Exclude lawyers too while you''re at it. Politics and the courts system is suffering from the same problem, too many lawyers.

[erichsh]

Hillary: "I have a million ideas. The country can''t afford them all". Notwithstanding pearls of wisdom like that, Hillary remains a divisive, polarizing figure. Her presence on the ballot will likely compel many otherwise non-voters to vote against her. She splits the left, while uniting the right in opposition.

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[iceman_1960]

"You loony Libs and Demonrats will be crying "I didn''''t vote for her" in less then a year after she has her hands on your paycheck. LOL!"
- Posted by thgdriver at 06:35 PM : Oct 16, 2007

Freedom isn"t free. This nation is at war.

Ask your parents and grandparents about the sacrifices they made during World War II.

You want to keep all your money and cheer for the troops on your TV ?

How about shelling out more tax money for VA hospitals and veterans" benefits ?

Not as much fun ?

[incog-nito]

This is making news out of nothing. Gore has already said repeatedly that he''s not running. So why should there be any "bounce"? Pure sensationalism.

[hawksprings]

OK, when are we all gonna get serious about this and make Mr. Gore the Presidential Candidate for the Green Party?
Heck, I''d even settle for Mr. Gore as an Independent Candidate.

Let''s make this happen people!
It''s a Moral Issue!

[cbs_oliver]

I like Gore''s positions on key issues.

I''m not so interested in whether other people say they believe in God or whether they say they want one person or another to run or whether they like Brittany or not.

I believe in God.

I want Gore to run.

I hope Brittany gets her act together.

I don''t gamble on horse races.

This poll is beside the point in every way.

[jonesforch]

ConDumism

In 2008 you will have your chance to prove that.

[condumism]

Bush might possibly be the biggest war criminal, eco-terrorist, pseudo-christian dictator the world has even known. His crimes against humanity will place him in the company of Hitler, Lenin, Mao, and Saddam.

Posted by likeitis5050
Your lithium drip is on dry...really.

likeitaint: Dont you feel like a fool knowing that your support a reicht winged lying fascist as US president? But I know for fact that you Cons live in complete denial, guess because your know it all arrogance makes you that way. And you Cons, all with your used car salesman personalities... WOW! It is obviously impossible for you Cons to admit that you are fools, and that you vote with your heads up your lily whiteasses as bigots, or hypocrits do.