Telegraph: 5% chance Al Gore will be compromise nominee

[Alhena]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/09/wus509.xml

But the Clinton camp fears that a failure to engineer a deal could lead to bitter battles at the Democrat convention in Denver in late August, which could even end with Al Gore, the former vice president, emerging as a compromise candidate.

"There's a five per cent chance of that happening, but that's five percent too high," the Clinton source said.

[Arkana]

1. I'm near tears, I'm laughing so hard.

Why are they so afraid of Gore?

[AX10]

2. I'll take Gore. If he were President...

we would not have all of this shit that we have now.

[robbedvoter]

5. I'd take him too - in a NY minute!

[Alhena]

9. I would too- as long as Obama's his VP

[Unsane]

3. interesting

[thunder rising]

4. It's too late for Gore...he's so tied to the past.

[TexasObserver]

6. team clinton is trying to save face

they'd rather help Gore get it than admit Obama is THE MAN

Hillary is going down.

[neutron]

10. Clinton still has the delegates

[Alexander]

7. So Clinton's afraid of Gore while Obama talks to him every 2 weeks.

Hmm.....

[gateley]

8. From the same article (wonder if it's accurate):

The Clinton camp hopes to stop the Obama bandwagon by winning Texas and Ohio primaries on March 4, after which Mrs Clinton is planning to call on party grandees including Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Harry Reid, the party's leader in the Senate, to persuade Mr Obama to stand down.

Clinton aides have privately admitted that Mr Obama would only consider such a move if offered the position of vice presidential running mate, something Mrs Clinton has always been reluctant to consider.

[msongs]

11. that would be the preferred outcome - better than either Hillary or Obama alone nt