Could Al Gore Announce Next Thursday On NBC?

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

He's scheduled to appear in an episode of "30 Rock." Supposedly, the entire cast wore "Gore '08" T-Shirts during the episode. Why would they do such a thing, unless something was up?

Later that evening, he's on The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno.

Hope Springs Eternal.

[malaise]

1. Please Al please!

Al Gore #44

[kimmerspixelated]

11. FROM YOUR LIPS!

But I suppose we only have a few more days, huh? Unless,...there's some law that Gore actually knows about that makes it okay for him to jump in when he decides to. I agree, sumpin's up, though, please may sumpin' be up!

[Ian David]

2. I was kind of hoping he'd announce during The Good Night Show on Noggin.

Hey, you never know.

[Freddie Stubbs]

3. He has until this Friday to file for the New Hampshire Primary

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

9. November 2?

The show doesn't air until Next Thursday, so I guess that makes it looks less good.

[babylonsister]

17. Yes, that's my understanding, too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3662116

[proud patriot]

4. as always I'm hopeful

:hi:

[cali]

5. sweet jeezus

you guys are just desperate, aren't you. Al Gore is not so tacky as to announce his candidacy on the Tonight Show.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

6. Arnie Did

Schwarzenegger announced he was running for CA Governor, and it worked out o.k. for him.

[book_worm]

18. Yes, but then again Arnie is tacky enough to announce on the Tonight Show.

[OKNancy]

7. are you still here?

spreading common sense all over the place and being all reasonable and stuff.. lol

[Parche]

14. Gore

I wouldnt care if he announced it on Insanity and Combs, as long as he announces.....:hi:

[MoonRiver]

46. What Parche said...

:toast:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. "Our Messiah cometh"

he's got to

[Trajan]

10. No .... He will not ....

But I bet he has a damned good time on 30 Rock .... That show is da bomb ! ....

Leno blows ....

[Hawkowl]

12. What if....

He does announce on 30 Rock, but "in character"? Sort of as the best guerrilla marketing ploy of all time? The episode could be about him running, to create a buzz. No one would really know if he was serious for a few days until an official announcement.

Just a fantasy, but you have to admit it is a good one.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. I plead the fitfh --

vote for greatest page :)

[mopinko]

15. any day is good for me.

ready whenever you are, sir.

[book_worm]

16. It's already been taped. If he did announce I'm sure it would have been leaked by now.

[Mabus]

21. Yeah, just like the llast scene of "The Sopranos"

'cuz when that leaked out and got all over the press and analyzed to bits before it was shown it was such a let down and no one even cared to talk about it afterward. :eyes:

You know, sometimes there are multiple takes with different outcomes that are taped. Sometimes there are out-takes, or at least that's what they are perceived to be at the time, that make it into the final cut. Sometimes there are closed sets and dubbing that are done after most of the cast and crew are long gone.

[tinrobot]

22. He's on Leno that night....

That's where everyone who's anyone announces.

[garybeck]

19. I think a key date to keep in mind is

November 4th (this Sunday). It's exactly one year to election day. From that perspective, it wouldn't be a late jump-in at all.

[Milo_Bloom]

24. The big question...

Is can Al Gore skip New Hampshire, South Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Florida, Michigan, Utah (http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/2008pdates.pdf)

I believe he can safely skip Illinois, Florida, Michigan and Utah, since 2 are huge controversies another is a given for Obama and then there is Utah.

However, skipping New Hampshire, South Carolina and Georgia, I don't know if even Gore can recover from that unless there is a write in procedure for these states in the primaries.

If there is, Al Gore can announce later and be a "write in" candidate in these early states, expressing that he is "willing to serve" if the people want him to run and they can show this by writing him in. That just seems to me to be a nutty end around that isn't necessary to make the point he has been making.

[helderheid]

27. doesn't he have until the 2nd?

[Milo_Bloom]

29. New Hampshire yes, South Carolina No

New Hampshire is the 2nd.

South Carolina is 11/1 at Noon and Georgia is 11/1

[helderheid]

30. never mind - just looked at your link - sorry!

[Pastiche423]

20. "...the entire cast wore "Gore '08" T-Shirts during the episode"

Then why din't he ask the cast not to wear them?

Why hasn't he asked all of the Gore internet sites to close up shop?

Why hasn't he endorsed a Dem candidate?

Why hasn't he announced that he will absolutely, positively, under any circumstances NOT run?

If he's not going to run?

[garybeck]

23. because

something's up.

maybe.

hopefully.


after contemplating this way too much, I've decided that he's either running, or, he believes the prospect of him running serves some kind of usefulness, like maybe he thinkgs it is helping draw awareness to issues. So in that scenario he is just riding it and stretching it out as long as possible.

either that, or he's running.

I don't see any other choices at this point.

[Milo_Bloom]

32. I've considered choice 2 a ton and that may be it, but it failed.

A while ago he dangled the environment as an issue that candidates should embrace if they want to keep him out of the race. (I don't have the link, but can google for it if necessary), but he basically said the usual that he doesn't "plan" to run BUT he doesn't see anyone embracing the environment as a central issue.

At that point I figured some smart candidate would take up the challenge and make the environment the central issue of their campaign #1) because it is freakin important and solves so many problems as a side effect and #2) they wanted the support of Gore.

That has always stuck in my mind as a possible hidden agenda to not ruling out a run, to try and force a candidate to take up the issue. IF that was the strategy, it has long ago failed and he has got to realize that at this point.

So why continue to leave the door open?

I still get stuck with my 3 possibility scenario.

#1) He's stupid.

#2) He's cruel.

#3) He is strongly considering doing it.

[DCKit]

44. DK's up on environmental issues. They'd make a hell of a team.....

Now that Darth Cheney has established a VP's office with almost as much power as the pResident.

[AtomicKitten]

25. I believe the nod is Gore's if he wants it.

He is the very best of men.

In a perfect world it would be Gore/Obama 2008.

[vssmith]

40. A perfect world would be Gore/Bradley

[helderheid]

26. Nov 1st?

[weeve]

28. Hey now ...

... I wrote about all this yesterday in those other Gore threads ! No worries ... GROUP HUG ... as long as he decides to run.

My best guess (and hope) is that he'll announce this Sunday or Monday (in time to make the Illinois filinmg deadline), get in on all the Monday news headlines/lead stories ... and then ride it throughout the week culminating in the 30 Rock/Tonight Show exposure. Everything (including even winning the Nobel, followed by those three policy videos) seems to be coming together just perfectly. I'm extremely optimistic about the upcoming week. Stand strong, fellow Progressives ... ignore the naysayers, and as Jesse always says, Keep Hope Alive !!

[garybeck]

31. Well Sunday is

exactly one year to election day.

[Milo_Bloom]

34. I'm with you on this...

But how does he get around skipping New Hampshire and South Carolina?

Isn't he creating a more giant hurdle than necessary by skipping these early states?

I guess "delegate" wise it doesn't matter and the fact that his name isn't on the ballot means he won't get hurt with the "gore lost" meme, so he in essence plays for 1 day... 2/5/2008. If he can sweep that day, he wins no matter what happens before hand.

Maybe I just answered my own question, but it seems a steep hill to climb when it is just a matter of a few days between when he would need to announce.

[Basileus Basileon]

33. Yes. Will he? Probably not. nt

[Evoman]

35. Um..yeah...probably not.

But you never know.....*cough*hewon't*cough*

[weeve]

36. Announce Sunday, and then ...

... Come Monday, we ALL can be happy !!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=G4kH5F7IQKs

I feel quite strongly that the final decision has already been made (probably well before the 30 Rock taping), and that in 9 days we all will know. That Thursday double header of 30 Rock and The Tonight Show just seems too convenient. Everything else has fallen into place for Mr. Gore so far this year, how could he pass over the biggest prize of all - one which he has sought his whole life - when it looks like 2008 will almost certainly be the Democrat's year to retake the White House ?!? He knows exactly what he could achieve in regards to the environment and global warming in the office of President of the U.S.

It's happening people ... mark my words, IT'S HAPPENING !!

[disndat]

37. I agree

He seems to be simpatico with the SNL crowd. 30 Rocks and Leno the same night. HMmmm.

[Bjorn Against]

38. I think we will get an answer on Leno

I think that if he is not going to announce he will issue his Sherman statement. I was pretty confident he was going to get in, but now every day seems less likely. It seems pretty risky to skip out on the early primaries, but if he can take super Tuesday he has the nomination so it is not impossible. At this point I think it is more likely a not though.

[Kazak]

39. Yes, he could.

Well, he could!

:shrug:

[ddeclue]

41. no..

[weeve]

42. Ummmmm ...

... yes.

[SarahB]

43. In my dreams...

I've been dreaming for the past 7 years though and not sure I'm going to put my faith in this.

[mattomjoe]

45. I still keep thinking about how coy he was about making an

"announcement" at the Oscars before getting "cut off". Granted, it was the Oscars, but that kind of playfulness felt like there was some truth behind it. Kinda like when you were a kid and wanted that toy that your mom and dad had that sly "we'll see..." reaction to... the kinda of reaction that made you know you'd find it under the tree come Christmas.

Here's hoping again....

[razorman]

47. Prediction: It's not going to happen.

Gore is enjoying the good life too much as a rock star/matinee idol . Why should he throw all that away to enter the political arena again? He has been there/done that. He knows the kind of headaches that go with running for office. Politics is a mean, dirty world, and he would be fair game again, just as snyone else would.

[DefenseLawyer]

48. He's been a politician all his life

The headaches of a campaign never deterred him before. How many people could get that close to something they have worked for their whole life, see it ripped away by a band of thugs, and then just walk away? Not me.

[razorman]

51. You could be right. But he seems to be much more engaged in the climate change debate these days.

I think he would have less authority on the issue of global warming if he were POTUS. Nothing a president(any president) does is non-political. I suppose it boils down to where his priorities are now, and whether he would want the office enough to go through the dogfight it would entail.

[cooolandrew]

49. From all I gather all Gore is looking for is positive response...

... Playing his campaign from the sidelines (if this iswhat he's doing), has saved himtaking a lot of heat. I think there possibly is a chance he may still run. Yes, he has had huge recognition from those environmentally aware but if that shows more in polling I think he'll be even more keen.

[Zavulon]

50. I'm not even remotely religious, and yet I PRAY Gore runs.

Please, please, PLEASE. I'd like to vote without holding my nose and feeling sick to my stomach, and I won't be able to do that if Hillary gets the nomination.

[MonkeyFunk]

52. If he wants to ensure his place

in history as a national joke, yes, he'd announce on a sitcom.

[DefenseLawyer]

53. Okay quick

without looking it up, can you name the venue of any candidate's announcement for the '76 election? How about '68? Heck how about 2000? I have yet to see "history" place much weight on something like that.