If Al Gore Decides to Run, He Will Wipe Out All the Contenders.

[David Zephyr]

I don't think that Al Gore will run.

I am committed to Wes Clark just as I committed to Howard Dean in 2002 for the 2004 contest.

But I am a realist and know the pulse of our party from the grass roots and street activists to the power players within its establishment.

I take Gore at his word that he won't run.

However, that said, should Al and Tipper Gore decide that he should go for the nomination...

He will take Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and the rest in a sweep perhaps the likes of which we may have never seen before.

Hillary, Barack, Wes and the rest will be roadkill on the side of the highway.

That's IF...

[Ian David]

1. Our slogan

Re-elect Al Gore for President 2008!

[Jim Warren]

22. sub slogan

AND ALL THE REST ARE ROADKILL

[DaveinMD]

2. I disagree

I think Hillary is the favorite no matter who runs. Not my first choice, but the rank and file Democrat still views her very favorably.

[saltpoint]

3. Gore would sweep the field -- except, of course, Mike Gravel.

Gravel would kick his butt.

Just kidding, all you Gravel fans.

I think Gore still is interested in making a go of it. He's possibly considering what angle of uphill climb he'd have to make politically and financially in an already-crowded (and talented) field.

I don't think motivation or qualifications are obstacles. I think it's a question of whether he wants to use traditional avenues to advance an untraditional candidacy. He's a lot better candidate now (if he gets in) -- much more attuned to meanginful reform -- than he ever was in the primaries against Bradley.

[Pachamama]

28. I had never even heard of Gravel until I saw him on C-SPAN and about an hour ago on MSNBC!

Gravel is great! A bit of a crotchity old guy, but tough and on the mark...

My feeling is that Gore should be the candidate for President and he would win...and I think that President Gore should have a place in his administration for a guy like Mike Gravel....A true patriot and Democrat!

[saltpoint]

33. I could see it. If Gore sat in the Oval Office, I think it would be run

differently than it has been -- by both Republicans and Democrats.

[malaise]

30. LOL

I like Al GOre big time but I love Gravel's plain talking.

[Marnieworld]

4. I agree

He's a superstar. I don't think the race has actually even started yet. First the Oscars, then NObel? He can take his time and let them all devour themselves and self-destruct. What's the hurry.

I wish.

[smalll]

5. Shock and Gore man, Shock and Gore!

"Wipe Out All the Contenders" just seems a little over the top. He'd certainly have as good a chance of winning the nomination as anyone else, but I wouldn't go much further than that.

[LibertyorDeath]

6. WHEN!! Al Gore Decides to Run, He Will Wipe Out All the Contenders.

Positive vibes people!

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

7. Al Gore: "I Have No Plans To Run For Office Again."

Not quite the same as, "I Will Not Run For Office Ever Again." or even "I Will Not Run For Office In 2008."

He currently has "no plans" to run.

I am still hopeful he knows what he's doing by waiting to enter the race. I know who he is. I know his record. And I'm prepared to support him if he chooses to announce his candidacy in April, September or next January.

[mitchtv]

8. I wanna go out freeway blogging for Gore

But partner won't let me

[Cha]

11. That would be so cool..

Why doesn't your partner want ya to?

[derby378]

9. Gore's busy reading the tea leaves...

And if he decides to run, I'm already there. Haven't pledged myself to any other candidate since Feingold decided to sit this one out. And since Gore won in 2000, he might as well take his rightful place in the Oval Office at long last.

[Art_from_Ark]

14. Al Gore

Maybe he's waiting for a "Bobby Kennedy" moment before entering the race? At any rate, there's still plenty of time to go, and the first announcers are often (usually?) also the first to go by the wayside.

[lancdem]

10. He would be formidable, no doubt, and could

definitely win, but I don't agree he'd wipe everybody out.

[helderheid]

12. I agree he'd wipe out the contenders. I disagree that he's said he won't run.

Political language is a tricky biz. He's never said "I won't run". He's consistantly said "I have no plans to run at this time"

RUN AL!

[Auntie Bush]

13. I don't think Clark would be road kill. I think most Clarkies would stick by him.

[BlooInBloo]

15. Please run Al! PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE!!

Kos has a good quickie analysis too, for any who are interested...

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/2/1/151831/4719

"So say Gore scores an Oscar and Nobel in the same year, he can announce in November and still become THE story in the primaries. It's not as if he'll need the full year to get his name recognition up or make the case for his candidacy. He would instantly raise gobs of cash (I'd bet on tens of millions in the first 24 hours) and become the media sensation of the winter. He would instantly make hundreds of millions spent by his primary opponents obsolete. Talent would flock to him, decimating the staffs of his opponents."

[DKRC]

16. It would be great to have intelligence back in the WH!

I don't know about some of the hopefuls yet. Have some research to do. But right now I'd love to see a Gore/Obama ticket for '08. Both of these men would be a credit to us as we rebuild our trashed reputation around the world.

[Madspirit]

17. Happy Camper

I would be a happy camper if Gore decided to run. I would be thrilled. After all, he should be the president. (He would have won a second term.)
Madspirit

[Ignacio Upton]

18. I think he should wait

1. He can stay above the fray if we wait until October or November, and fundraising shouldn't be a problem, as the netroots will be united behind him (while I'm overstating Kos's influence as an individual, he can get the majority of Kossacks to support Gore. Hey, it worked for Lamont in the primary against Lieberman.)

2. He should wait to see whether or not there will be an investigation into Apple regarding stock options for Steve Jobs. He was on the board that cleared Jobs.

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/news/article/10751/al-gore-valley-guy/

[Samantha]

19. Here's another "Inconvenient Truth"

Put politics aside for a moment and look at the chain of events over the last few years. (Put on your tinfoil hat first, though).

Al Gore made a statement in an interview several years ago, regarding the 2000 election controversy, that several people had privately suggested to him he form a shadow government. I naturally did not do so, he said, but what else would he have said, "I immediately did so"?

He had dropped out of sight for quite some time, and everyone commented how disappointed they were in his failure to appear publicly. Many statements were made he had simply crawled into a hole to nurse his wounds and to forget about our Country sinking into deep then deeper excrement under the hand of the man who stole the presidency. How do we really know what he was doing?

All of the players in the takeover of the election were known -- they showed no shame and felt no need to hide their roles.

I will not reiterate all the debacles that subsequently followed; you lived through them as did I and know them well (but it might be a small miracle that we DID survive the debacles). In the interim, Gore being interviewed by Barbara Walters, uttered the words (when he thought the mike was off) "I would do anything to take down this cabal."

Gradually, but surely, the players started to fall. Even the mighty Delay is out of there, and many say Jeb has no future in politics.

Must I name them all? Simply remember the players we started out with when this debacle started and ask yourself where are they now? They are mostly OUT OF THERE ....

And here we are today hearing the question asked, as a result of the Plame affair and the commencement of the Libby trial -- was the Vice President the instigator of the leak of Valerie Plame's identity, and was Bush* involved?

Is all of this a coincidence? I find that hard to believe, don't you? If one could possibly obtain a little distance, would it not appear to have to have been quietly orchestrated by a small group of people determined to rid our society of this -- I will not call it a cancer, how about a -- political plague eradicating our republic?

And if Al Gore had truly lost his love of politics, would not his love of country compel him to act?

What prompted him to give those wonderful speeches over the past few years -- boredom?

And he's had his PowerPoint slide show since the 90s, and Hollywood makes a movie about it NOW? That's pure coincidence, right?

He's nominated for an Oscar AND a Nobel prize? More coincidences?

Anyone familiar with inside the beltway politics knows the first rule of thumb is "Never Let Them Know What You Are Thinking." Al Gore knows the first and last rules of thumb for inside-the-beltway politics. He will never say I am running in 2008 until he wants you to know what he is thinking, and it's not that time.

So, what's the answer? Is this series of events I mention above merely coincidence?

Looking at from a distance, seems like a game of political life and death chess, with the pawns falling first and now the so-called King about to be in checkedmate, "King" being defined as the Egotistical Surrogate Presidential Pretender and the Alter-Ego Literal Pretender.

Taking off my tinfoil hat now...go ahead and let me know what you are thinking....

[CK_John]

20. Wes is making the same mistake as last time. Waiting, waiting,

waiting to get in the race. Like Gore he is not a decision maker(DM) but a fact finder(FF). More info, more info, more info, I need info to decide what to do. Nothing wrong with fact finders, but the office of president needs a decision maker. Why do you think * keeps telling us that.

[David Zephyr]

26. I understand your point, but Wes is a very decisive man...

and so is Al.

Wes' entire career as a General and Supreme Commander of NATO was nothing less than being the sole executive where decision making was paramount. History shows us that he made good decisions, too.

I have been concerned, very much so, about Wes' waiting to announce, but I would not want to second guess such an intelligent man.

I am firmly in Wes Clark's corner, but I have to admit that Al will suck the oxygen out of the entire race in a heartbeat should he declare his intentions to run.

[GUYMAN]

27. Clark / Gore

As a Clark supporter I'm also concerned as to how long he will wait to get in. I'm suprised by the sudden interest many have in Gore - what do you think started it?

[Digit]

21. My repuke boss laughed at me when I mentioned Gore

He laughed in my face and said if Gore had been Pres when 9/11 happened we would all be speaking Arabic or something of that ilk.

I let him know we would be living in a far safer world.

....I don't think I will be holding this job much longer...same thing happened in my old job....can't keep my mouth shut.

Screw them. I am with Al. I like Edwards, but Al could sweep them all by the wayside.

[Samantha]

23. I wish you would have said

There would have been no 9/11 under President Gore.

[B Calm]

31. No kidding! Every chance I get I like to remind them who the damn

president was on 9-11!!!

[On the Road]

24. No Candidate Generates the Passion That Al Does

it will be like Dean 04. Only this time the candidate will hold the lead.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

25. Everyone I talk to says they'd vote for him - including Republicans.

He's still pretty young - so he has time. But right now might be his best opportunity.

[ourbluenation]

29. Gore/Clark 08 n/t

[Subdivisions]

32. "He will take Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and the rest

in a sweep perhaps the likes of which we may have never seen before."

Which is exactly why he WILL run. Because the people demand it!

DAMMIT!

I DEMAND IT!

C'mon, Al, pretty pleeeaaasse!