Hardball: rumored Gore urging Dean to get out.

[Renew Deal]

David Schuster on Hardball said that Gore is urging Dean to get out if he doesn't turn it around soon. He also said there is a lot of pressure on Dean right now.

[West Coast Democrat]

1. Is this on Drudge yet?

Because I won't believe a story until I see it on Drudge. :-)

[Renew Deal]

2. lol

I don't know.

[MoonRiver]

5. LOL!!

[boxster]

13. Too funny.

That one made me laugh out loud. Thanks X!

[Foswia]

15. No, but i bet a story about a teacher's deviant sex act is!

[Exgeneral]

20. what about Newsmax?

isnt Hillary still plotting?

[drfemoe]

37. you betcher bippie she is ... nt

[fujiyama]

46. LOL...You made my day...

[NashVegas]

3. Al Is Probably Being Pressured, Too

He wants that TV network.

[Straight Shooter]

4. Gore the capitulator

No wonder we lost the fight after Florida.

[mccormack98]

43. Spare us, please

Been over this a thousand times. Go read up on Florida before posting.

[maddezmom]

6. this kind of crap should be between Gore and Dean

seriously, why the hell is someone leaking it to the press? :(

[Meldread]

7. Not what was said -- taken out of context.

It was rumored that there was pressure from Gore. They didn't say Gore *IS* pessuring him, only that there is a rumor that he is.

[MoonRiver]

10. OK, OK, now I understand.

:eyes:

[Renew Deal]

12. I changed it

Though I didn't hear the word rumor. Being that there is not a source, It is a rumor.

[MurikanDemocrat]

8. I saw it too. Don't want him to go back on his make or break in Wisconsin

deal. They said he will be under tremendous pressure next week to drop out.

[dsc]

9. I have never heard of Schuster

and Matthews is on par with Drudge.

[maddezmom]

11. IIRC, he used to be on FAUX at one point n/t

[dsc]

16. so we have the equivalent

of Drudge.

[mccormack98]

44. Schuster is a good one

Schuster covers the dems ... I think he does a good job.

[maddezmom]

47. thanks good to hear, I haven't seen him in a while

no msnbc here in Peru. :)

[quinnox]

14. I think Dean might go after Wisconsin

I heard recent news reports that he has been saying he will go back to Vermont and consider his options if he loses Wisconsin.

[MurikanDemocrat]

17. WI - Kerry 53% Edwards 16% Dean 11%

Deans options are looking grim

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4239681/

[BootinUp]

21. Sure but so are Edwards

Dean is gone after WI. But what exactly is Edwards reason for continuing, assuming those poll numbers stay pretty steady?

[MurikanDemocrat]

22. Good question

On the same program there was some discussion that Edwards might also be on the receiving end of some pressure to drop out.

[scheming daemons]

32. Edwards has to stay in...

to keep his name out there, since he won't be holding any office for four years if Kerry loses.

..and he wants to run in 2008.


He also has to go through all 50 primaries to get an organization in place everywhere so he can make a run in 2008 to save us from a Hillary debacle.

There's absolutely no reason for Edwards to get out, no matter how much pressure he has, as long as he has enough money to continue.

Also... he's the relief pitcher if Kerry implodes... due to scandal, health problems, whatever.

You gotta have that guy in the bullpen.....

[drfemoe]

36. ditto for Dean .. nt

[BootinUp]

45. Well, I can accept that if that is the goal n/t

[nonconformist]

29. Well I guess they should just all drop out then and concede to Kerry

Why not? I mean, a whopping 12 states have had their primaries now - "the people" have spoken.


Interesting quote, re: Kerry's poll numbers in Wisconson:
Of Wisconsin voters who said they were likely to vote for him, two-thirds said they decided to do so in the weeks since Iowa.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-02-10-wisconsin-poll_x.htm

[Cheswick2.0]

35. yes with 20 percent of the vote having been taken and Dean with more

delegates than anyone but Kerry, it makes sense that he should drop out. :eyes:

[kerry-is-my-prez]

40. If his poll numbers don't look good in any other states that would help

him want to drop out.

[MercutioATC]

18. Well, then. Gore can bite me.

Look, thanks for his endorsement (regardless of the fact that it didn't seem to pan out in terms of votes) but he can go piss up a stick if he thinks Dean will leave now.

Dean has enough delegates (yes, I know, superdelegates) to be a contender here, especially as candidates drop out. To advise him to leave the race is just offensive.

I'm with him until he either dies or withdraws. It's a shame that some of his other supporters are willing to compromise on their beliefs.

[HuskerDem]

19. That's exactly what I thought about Gore when he advised me

to abandon my candidate and "get in line" behind his choice.

[MercutioATC]

23. I didn't see his statement that way, but you're entitled to an opinion.

Gore gave a typical endorsement speech. I find it funny that people read so much into it.

[Cheswick2.0]

34. instead your candidate abandoned you

how ironic and disapointing.

[HuskerDem]

41. My candidate is campaigning for our nominee and other Democrats

Instead of desperately attacking them while issuing Oral Roberts style fund raising letters squeezing the last bit of blood for a hopeless display of vanity.

Guess we see things differently.

[maddezmom]

48. why are you dissappointed?

fewer candidates in the race, has to be good for your guy.

[Mz Pip]

38. Amen to that

I really used to like Gore and respected him but when he endorced Dean with that "get in line" crap I lost it as far as he was concerned. Now he's bailing on Dean. I wonder how the Dean supporters feel now. It was all about Gore when Gore endorced Dean. Now what are they thinking?

MzPip
:dem:

[Meldread]

24. I agree.

I'm with Dean all the way until the end. If he decides to run for another office as well he has my support. If he doesn't get the nomination this time around, hopefully he'll try again in the future.

[surfermaw]

25. Edwards is going to stay in..reason party wants him in

Too quick to stop the primaries.

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[KFC]

27. You could at least have built up double figure posts

Try harder next time

[MurikanDemocrat]

28. Nice

:eyes:

[RedDawnRising]

30. Gore can go back into his DNC hidey-hole

[sleipnir]

33. Do you mean DLC????

DNC is the Party, the DLC is the evil organization that selects candidates for us and we must all be pleased with their choices or else we are told to go suck an egg.

Note: Gore is no longer the darling boy of the DLC, most there dislike him now. He couldn't serve them, so they dropped him out on his ass.

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[Kahuna]

39. David Shuster said, "perhaps" Gore..blah blah. He knows ..

as much about it as you or I. I just listened to the recording I have. Shuster was clearly just supposing.

[Dying Eagle]

42. I hope not

I am a Kerry Supporter, but I think Dean is a good man and good for the party. He has brought alot of spark to the primary season. Dean will continue to keep everyone on their toes till the convention