DKos Diary: New York Is Drafting Gore

[Hissyspit]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/29/211640/09

New York is drafting Al Gore! (w poll)
by fink
Mon Oct 29, 2007 at 06:55:44 PM PDT

October 30 has arrived and New York for Gore is ready to start collecting petitions. We need to collect 5,000 signatures across New York state which means we really need upwards of 10,000 signatures to get enough valids. We have over 100 volunteers from across the state but, yes, with a high concentration in NYC. The goal is to blow the 5,000 number out of the water and make sure we get lots of signatures from all CDs.

We do not need Al's signature to get him on the ballot though he has until December 10 to ask the Board of Elections to ignore our petition.

If you are a registered Democrat in New York, you can be a petitioner. Visit New York for Gore and click on Petitions to get your petitions and petitioning instructions. I'll be doing Smith St in Brooklyn on Wednesday and I'm going to try and hit three or four locations this weekend.

New York can get 5,000 signatures in the city alone but I can't stress how important it is to get petitions from across New York state. Get your instructions and petitions!

I am still working to draft Al Gore for the same reason I was a month ago. I am not satisfied with the current candidates and I think Al Gore is our best option as a candidate and as a President. Here in New York, I want to be able to vote for Al Gore. So I'm doing what I can to put him on the ballot. That's what a draft campaign is about.

At this point, it appears that Al Gore is missing the window for entering the race. Some say this is the last week because the New Hampshire filing deadline is Friday. He's missing Michigan and Florida. The really hopeful among the Draft Gore movement will say that he has until Thanksgiving because all the deadlines for the Feb 5 primaries are in the first week of December.

That's all neither here or there to me. Al Gore is in or he isn't. But in my voting booth on February 5, he's in.

The Draft Gore campaign is alive and well and still on the move. DraftGore.com is running TV and radio ads. Massachusetts appears to have hit their goal of 5,000 signatures and the California organization is in full swing. New Hampshire is already organizing a Write-In campaign assuming Friday passes without a Gore announcement - the likeliest scenario.

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[Gregorian]

1. If he continues his not saying "no", it'll be construed as a "yes".

Interesting election.










And times are changing- there are Hillary voters on Dkos? (And I apologize in advance for even saying it. I have stayed completely clear of the candidate comments.)

[Pastiche423]

2. I am convinced

that Al Gore has his own plan on how to run a campaign.

I just can't believe he would allow draftgore.com to keep working on the draft if he was absolutely not going to run.

[flyarm]

3. i am 100% with you Pastiche423..and after the CBS poll ..he still stays silent..

he knows damn well what he is doing ..and it is working big time!!

fly

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. Just like they did in Michigan?

Gore supporters fall short in effort to put him on Mich. ballot

10/23/2007, 4:52 p.m. EDT
By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN
The Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Efforts to collect enough signatures to put former Vice President Al Gore on Michigan's Jan. 15 Democratic presidential primary ballot have fallen short.

Supporters needed to collect 12,396 valid signatures by Tuesday but collected only around 3,000, said Bob Alexander, co-chairman of the Michigan Draft Gore group. He said in a statement that the group was able to raise only about a fifth of the $12,500 it needed to mount a full-time petition drive.

Gore backers on Tuesday urged the state Democratic Party to bow out of the presidential primary and instead hold party caucuses so Gore could be on the ballot if he gets into the race. But state Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer said that isn't going to happen.

more: http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-47/1193173215170310.xml&storylist=newsmichigan