Would a Gore Endorsement make a difference?

[CMT]

If Al Gore endorsed someone other than the candidate you support would it make you rethink who you back? Just curious since apparently Gore said he will endorse one of the candidates currently running for president.

For myself, as much as I like and respect Al Gore and would have supported him had he run, If he did endorse someone other than my candidate, Howard Dean, I would not change my mind.

It will be interesting. Three of the men running are people Gore actively considered for VP in 2000--Lieberman, Kerry, and Edwards. I think it probably will be one of them. If it isn't Lieberman, boy that is a slap in his face.

[w13rd0]

1. It won't make me change my mind...

...but his endorsement will carry alot of weight, and whomsoever he endorses, in my estimation, will likely get the nomination...

[Ohio Dem]

3. Exactly.

It won't affect many here, but the people that don't really follow politics will take notice.

[CMT]

5. If by any chance Gore endorsed Dean it would be HUGE

and you know maybe it isn't that inconceivable. Both were against the war and both have been attacked by the DLC--maybe that will bond them.

Personally I would love for Jimmy Carter to come out for Dean--especially since Carter like Dean is an ex-governor who was fiscally responsible and a man of peace.

[caledesi]

7. Ditto. n/t

[bodhisattava]

8. If Gore endorses Dean

it will finish off the fraud Lieberman and put great pressure on Kerry.At that point,Dean and Kerry wiil be the front runners.I believe a strong endorsement will leave only Dean as the true Democratic candidate.

[Davis_X_Machina]

2. After today's Gore speech, you can be sure it won't be...

...Lieberman.

[hang a left]

4. Been thinking since I saw Pres Gore's

speech. I think that he made it very clear he won't be endorsing Lieberman.

edited for spelling

[Cha]

6. No ...Gore has taken a 180 turn from the lieman days.

Today he's the Gore I always thought he was! And wasn't that Tipper with him at the end? With the long blond hair?

[UTUSN]

9. Trepidation (Surely He Wouldn't?) - Endorsement Scenarios

When the first word was that Prez GORE will be endorsing somebody, my first reaction was vague uneasiness: Would he go the "loyalty" route or self-justifying route about his own choice of running mate? But THE SPEECH was so firebreathing that even the demeanor by itself is incompatible with LIBERMAN's namby-pambiness. So...

Scenario 1: LIEBERMAN - no. The speech DEFIED the DLC's "don't criticize Shrub" dictum. Plus, if the DLC was "disappointed" with the Prez's campaign - ...

Scenario 2: DEAN - On the surface his prior identity was fiscal responsibility. His traction came from the (false?) perception of "Librul" and "anti-war" - while the story is getting out that his native VT-ers saw him as "Conservative Dem or Moderate Repuke". His real core message was Anti-SHRUB. So if his "true" self were to emerge (Conservative Dem, anti-Srhub), this might be a good fit.

Scenario 3: KERRY - The Prez's endorsement would be a joining of Stop-DEAN forces. KERRY always had the fight in him to go after Shrub, but with the baggage of having gone-along, the dilemma of the office-holding Dems, how to oppose Shrub without the country's approbation as "unpatriotic". Just a perception, but KERRY's presumption of being as towering a figure as the Prez leads to friction, rivalry.

Scenario 4: GEPHARDT - no. Just no.

[CWebster]

10. Gore laid it out

It is up to the candidates to run with the momentum that Gore outlined. If they don't build on Gore's fundamental observations and concerns they are less likely to garner his support.