Brazile Thinks Gore Might Run

[jakem]

February 02, 2007- In a recent speech, former Al Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile "strongly implied" that her former boss could be "waiting to make a dramatic entrance into the 2008 presidential race, especially if he wins an Oscar next month," the Allentown Morning Call reports.

Said Brazile: "'I believe he is ready for this moment. He is a good leader. I think he can be one of the few leaders who can bring this country together."

"She acknowledged it will be a tough decision for Gore, noting Kerry's announcement last week to bow out of the race. Gore believes he is now doing his life's work, Brazile said. However, she conceded that Gore might be able to do more about global climate change from inside the Oval Office."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/02/02/brazile_thinks_gore_might_run.html

[liberal hypnotist]

1. I'd Be Sooo Happy!

This country owes Al a good run. Even if he didn't make it, he would bring some powerful insight to the debate fiasco.

[catgirl]

33. If he runs, he wins.

[AtomicKitten]

55. never had a doubt

[Chiyo-chichi]

2. Go, Al!

[terip64]

3. Please God!! And Welcome to DU!

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Of course he will run

but it is too early for him to announce.

[Pathwalker]

5. Considering how rarely she's right, I'm worried.

I was so hoping he would run...

[RestoreGore]

6. And what are her motives?

Just another political operative speculating and dismissing the work he is doing now for her own benefit. And she actually had the shallowness in that article to claim that if he loses weight for the Oscars, he is running. How absolutely insulting to call him fat and therefore not good enough for it, which she definitely did by stating that. God, I sure hope he isn't sucked into all of this BS again.

[Earth_First]

7. Please?

[mod mom]

8. I sure hope she won't be riding side saddle.

[Cleita]

59. Me too. He needs a better campaign manager.

I don't like how she triangulates all the time with the right as well. Gore needs to be himself and true to his supporters and not try to win over the right, which is what she tries to do.

[SharonRB]

9. I just want her to stay far, far away from him

Run, Al, run!

[Jeanette in FL]

23. Agreed 100%

When Gore was in the Senate, I used to love to watch him on Cspan when he came to the floor to speak. He was passionate, educated on the subject matter, humorous, engaging, fiesty.

Then when he was on the campaign trail 2000, I would scream at the TV, "Be yourself Al". It was as though he was programmed and would come off as condescending and stiff. That wasn't the Al I knew from all those years back. Donna was responsible for much of that.

No, the future President has been doing just fine on his own.

[SharonRB]

25. Absolutely -- I hope he brings his true self to the campaign trail

:hi:

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

40. Interesting tidbit...

On 19 March 1979, Gore became the first person to appear on C-SPAN, making a speech in the House chambers You could look it up!

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore>

[fidgeting wildly]

60. Hey, that's a cool factoid. Thanks for posting. nt

[Cha]

32. !st thought!

I'm sure Gore has learned that one!

[fooj]

42. No kidding! I thought the very same thing when I heard about this.

Run. Run. Run like the wind, Al!

[mopinko]

10. i will put my children in foster care so that i can work for al

i'm series!1!
no, i really am. sign me up. put up the bat.

[Toucano]

53. That's hilarious!

I can't think of a single thing a person could say that would demonstrate your depth of committment! :)

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. Gore, run, but get rid of Donna Brazile.

Get rid of Carville, get rid of anybody who thinks they can resolve complicated issues over cocktails with the GOP.

[goclark]

22. BINGO! Goodbye to Donna and James Turn Coat Carville nt

[zulchzulu]

36. That was my first thought n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

49. Yes, don't let anyone who's buddy-buddy with the Republicans anywhere

near your campaign, Al.

If you do let them manage your campaign, then it's a sign that you're not savvy enough to be president.

[The Backlash Cometh]

52. And most of all...

...don't hire an attorney from a lawfirm who is also helping the GOP.

For God's sakes, these lessons should have been learned in college with dirty Rush.

[Akoto]

12. *'s response to this new challenge ...

"How many is a brazillion?

[MagickMuffin]

13. Brazile Thinks Gore Might Run; As long as it's in the opposite direction

of Brazile.

No seriously I hope Al decides to run, because as it stands now I don't have a pony in the race. Of course IT'S Way to early for me to give the candidates much thought.

Give me about 11 months.

[goforit]

14. So long as Brazile doesn't run his campaign.

[xxqqqzme]

15. ain't that the truth -

she and carville are poison.

[Hieronymus]

44. Exactly, he got terrible advice from her in 2000..

[progressivebydesign]

16. Oh please Oh please!!! Let this be true!!! n/t

[Doremus]

17. So long as Brazile has nothing to do with him or the campaign, I'm in.

Brazile and the DLC can kiss my hiney, the same one I'm willing to work off for a new improved Al Gore campaign.

They get within 10 feet of him, they can all kiss my hiney.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

18. Gore vs Clinton that should be interesting

suddenly it will be a 2 horse race or in the end Clinton Gore ticket 08 LOL!

[mzmolly]

19. Oh boy I hope she's right!

:bounce:

[missTheBigDog]

20. Oh God, I can only pray...

That would be one of the best days of my life!

[longship]

21. Please Al!! Run!! Please Al, stay the Hell away from Brazile!

She ran a disastrous campaign for you in 2000. In spite of that, you won the election (but not the recount).

You need somebody leading your campaign who will let you be Al Gore. I mean the same Al Gore that we've all come to know and love after the 2000 electoral debacle. If you are allowed to be that Al Gore, nobody could stop you from gaining the White House this time.

But please wait. Jumping in too early, like all these other idiots are, will just make you a target for that much longer. Time your entry carefully. In the meantime, bide your time and deny all questions about 2008.

[Pastiche423]

24. Excellent suggestions

As soon as I read "Brazile", my stomach turned. I dearly hope she din't say what she did because she wants/needs a job. In the years since 2000, she's proven she can not be trusted.

We need Al Gore, sans Brazile.

[MasonJar]

26. Please run, Al.

[sellitman]

27. Welcome to DU ( RUN GORE RUN!) nt

[Shakespeare]

28. "I'd like to thank the Academy, AND announce my candidacy for president...."

Hey, I can dream...

Geez, that'd make the list "best of" Oscar clips every year...

[Hosnon]

58. Stop...just stop...it's too much.

PLEASE...!!!

[WatchWhatISay]

29. Please

Please

[stlsaxman]

30. Please keep Donna Brazile as FAR from Gore's campaign as is

humanly possible!

She RUINED Gore's "image" in 2000.

:spank:

[ShortnFiery]

31. Donna Brazile is a tool of the DLC. n/t

[IndianaGreen]

34. She is so full of herself

and she counts herself as a friend of Karl Rove.

[David Zephyr]

37. Thank you for reminding folk about Rove's friend.

She's no friend of Al and Tipper. She just wants to be "there" should he look like he's going to run.

One thing for sure IF Al runs again:

1.) Joe Lieberman will not be his VP and Joe Lieberman will attack Al Gore for running if he does.

2.) Donna Brazile will not be involved in a Gore 2008 campaign, but she will be paid handsomely to provide information against him by the Republicans.

[jamesinca]

35. Imagine the field

Gore, Obama, Clinton, Edwards. What a variety to say the least!!! And there are more that are considering. I want to go vote today and again tomorrow.

[RestoreGore]

38. Gore Tells Silicon Valley Leaders He's Not Running

Geez, can't people actually ask ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING? No wonder he rolled his eyes. I say, give it a rest already! Damn, I wish I was there, I would have asked about the explosion of solar energy research taking place there. Don't people really give a damn?
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http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2007/02/02/n/HeadlineNews/GORE-SPEECH/resources_bcn_html


UPDATE: GORE SPEECH FOCUSES ON GLOBAL WARMING
02/02/07 4:50 PST
SAN JOSE (BCN)

Former Vice President Al Gore told a group of Silicon Valley leaders today that he is not running for president but is "involved in a different kind of campaign'' to convince the public to deal with the inconvenient truth of global warming.

Gore delivered the keynote address at the annual Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network State of the Valley conference. Following his speech he responded to a few questions that conference participants had text-messaged onto a large screen behind the stage where he stood. At the first question on the list -- "Will you run for president?" -- Gore rolled his eyes and thanked the sender before giving what has become his standard answer in recent weeks.

"I don't have any plans to run for president,'' Gore said.

Gore's told the audience of Silicon Valley industrialists and government figures that developing clean and green technologies presents an opportunity to not only help the environment but also to make a lot of money for technology developers. He said he believes Silicon Valley can play the same role for clean and green technology that it did for the personal computer and the Internet.

"The world faces an unprecedented challenge and Silicon Valley can make an unprecedented contribution towards meeting that challenge,'' Gore said.

Gore called the increase in carbon dioxide levels that is linked to global warming a "crisis in the relationship between human civilization and planet earth.''

"We are now pressing against the limits of the earth's resources,'' Gore said.

Humanity's major role in global warming is now an accepted fact, Gore said, referencing today's release in Paris of a United Nations-sponsored report confirming that the burning of fossil fuels is most likely the cause of the phenomena. One scientist put the level of certainty at the "99 percent'' level, according to Gore.

"There's always a 1 percent chance the world is flat,'' Gore noted dryly about those who deny the link between carbon-based fuel consumption and global warming.

Gore called Silicon Valley a "second home'' because of his business interests in the region, including his roles as senior advisor to Google and on the board of Apple. He peppered his talk with only-in-Silicon-Valley wonky references to "Galilean discoveries,'' complexity theory, and Belgian chemist and Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine. However, he aimed his speech not just at the scientists and engineers in the audience but also at the entrepreneurs.

"It's abundantly obvious that clean tech, green tech ventures will be a new pathway that attracts a lot more energy and time and investment,'' Gore said.

The former vice president and early Internet proponent encouraged both groups.

"Keep the pressure on, keep the research coming, keep the development at the pace we are now reaching,'' Gore said.

[Canuckistanian]

39. Sorry, that name carries no respect with me. I mean Brazile, of course

She's long lost her voice as any kind of credible progressive spokesperson.

[diane in sf]

41. My dream

All Gore runs and wins, sans Brazile and DLC. I'll spend time and money to make this happen.

Another dream: the Dems restructure themselves to not take corporate money.

[fidgeting wildly]

61. I hope he does just that.

Maybe if Gore runs and wins without the DLC, they will be rendered obsolete. And just maybe, when they become aware of their own uselessness, they'll finally STFU and go away.

Sigh. One can dream...

[johan helge]

43. I hope Gore will run

He has the best chance of winning. I've loved him ever since he came into a MTV video awards or something, and said to the young audience, "Let's change the world" or something like that.

[lonestarnot]

45. Damn! He could walk in a clean up at any moment of his choice.

I am waiting and watching! PLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease do it Al!

[connecticut yankee]

46. Please, Al, please

the country, and the world, need you so much.

[ozone_man]

47. I sure hope he does.

He's the one I want. The other candidates so far are too DLCish for me, either they voted for the Iraq war or they're too conservative in general, blurring the line between the parties. It's time to make a stand and support a real Democrat, not a new Democrat.

[Meshuga]

48. The academy must give him the Oscar now!

Run Al run! :-)

[lies and propaganda]

50. my candidate

please Run AL!

[PhilipShore]

51. The Election of 2008: Al Gore Defeats Jeb Bush

[USA No. 1]

54. He should run. After all, he did win the popular vote in 2000

I would welcome Mr. Gore to the debate.

[peabody71]

56. Just Do It AL!!!

We need you.

[HeeBGBz]

57. Yesssssss!

Please run, Al.

[Megahurtz]

62. Oh Please!

Please Run, Al!

[SlowDownFast]

63. Stay away from Brazile, Al.

I sincerely hope Al runs, however he needs to stay the f*ck away from Donna Brazile, Carville and the likes.

Run, Al, run......and run far away from Brazile.