Without Running, Gore is in THIRD!!!!

[berni_mccoy]

Imagine if he WERE running. How many people DON'T choose him in these polls because he isn't running? Imagine if he were.

In the USA Today Poll, he placed third behind Clinton and Obama with 17% as a first choice candidate. As a first or second choice, he is 35%, still in 3rd behind Clinton and Obama.

He beats out all the secondary contenders, soundly. If Gore were to run, I have no doubt he would be squarely in first.

President Gore, it is time to RUN! I wish you would.



(photo from http://journals.democraticunderground.com/berni_mccoy/161)

[katty]

1. One greenlight from Gore and within minutes: #1

[bpeale]

2. GORE IS NOT RUNNING PEOPLE

so it doesn't matter what place he's in. let's try to actually stick with the people who are actually running shall we?

[berni_mccoy]

13. "GORE IS NOT RUNNING", YET, "PEOPLE" :-D

Sorry, couldn't resist. :rofl:

[Initech]

14. The public is practically begging for him to run.

He's exactly what we need. Personally, I cannot find one candidate from either party who I would support 100% at this point. Simple - if Gore ran, he would win. Hell, he did the first time.

[kiteinthewind]

28. Too early to know. I will continue to hold out for Gore. You may do as you see fit.

:eyes:

[insane_cratic_gal]

48. I'm holding out for Gore too

I don't like any of the above choice, A B C D etc. So option G please!

[slay]

52. OH PLEASE - Just because he hasn't announced YET doesn't mean he isn't

going to. This is how politics works - he'll let Hillary and Obama battle it out for awhile then step in and take over. Get used to it. Run Al run! :patriot:

Al Gore 2008!

[John Q. Citizen]

58. Can't think outside the box, can we? Gore has plenty of time to enter the

nomination process.

Just because others started running 8 years ago, doesn't mean they are the only ones worthy of consideration.

By the way, shouting your subject doesn't make it any more believable.

[depakid]

3. I'm glad Gore's not playing this game

The dog and pony show the corporate media's running is demeaning....

Al Gore doesn't need to deal with that- and if he does run, I highly respect him for refusing to play by their rules.

That's EXACTLY the kind of person this country needs-

[sallyseven]

4. If he said yes then he would be torn down

like old wallpaper over the next 18 months.

[Hissyspit]

6. I don't think so. He's much wiser and so would be his advisors.

It would get ugly yes, but I don't think the tear-down would be successful.

[marmar]

42. Like Hillary, Obama and Edwards won't?

And Al's the best-equipped of all of them to deal with the "tearing down."

[EFerrari]

5. It's a big sacrifice to ask from him but I'd like to help re-elect Al Gore.

:kick:

[soleft]

7. Is that a recent pic? He's so svelt!

And tho I don't trust her as far as i can spit, Donna Brazille's words come to mind.

[berni_mccoy]

8. The pic is from Jan 2000

When he came to a town-hall meeting in NH. Read the linked post and you'll see what it was all about. That was a great night.

[Swamp Rat]

9. Al Gore and Anybody Else 2008. n/t

[sniffa]

10. how's oprah winfrey poLLing?

imagine how wouLd pick her if she was running.

[yurbud]

11. if he's going to run, he's smart to wait--he can be himself a little longer

[Tom Joad]

12. He's been there, done that, lost that. time for new options

i know, he won in 2000... but by the smallest of margins... and considering his opponent at the time, it really does reflect on him.

[Larkspur]

15. Clinton's sex scandal was a dark cloud over Gore's 2000 run

Bill certainly didn't help other Democrats, like his VP Gore, with his stupid sexcapade in the Oval Office.

[The Count]

20. Ya mean, Bush had to steal it from Gore because of Monica? Whaaaa?

You hear a new one every day here....FYI: Gore did win in 2000 - one reason we need this restored to us.

[Larkspur]

63. When Gore first announced his bid in March 1999, he was 15-20 pts down to Bush

Clinton's sex scandal was still fresh in everyone's minds. Gore's team took a poll about Clinton during the general election campaign. Independents said that if Gore campaigned with Bill Clinton, they would not vote for Gore. That's the primary reason why Gore didn't campaign with Bill Clinton in 2000.

[Kurovski]

44. 500,000 + votes more than Bush.

Tiny margin?

It's a shame that the people's will is not only usurped by election fraud and dirty tricks, but by the antiquated electoral college as well. That damn thing gets gamed like a conman's favorite scam.

[berni_mccoy]

51. Smallest of margins? If the recount hand't been stopped, Gore would have won by 46 thousand votes

http://archive.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=181

Not to mention he had over a 1% win in the popular vote.

[lvx35]

16. I love Gore, but I've come to accept why he shouldn't run.

He basically has this historical role to play. He needs to show us that the power to act against global warming lies in OUR HANDS, whether or not the government is with us, and unfortunately its critical at this point, with the amount of entrenched corruption in Washington and so little time to act. Whoever is in the white house in 2008 will preside over more distaster than anybody ever, so it might as well be somebody who can take the punches, who can look bad for the benifit of all. For this reason, this person should not be the world's leading advocate of fighting climate change. It should be somebody like Hillary, because history in the 90s will rescue her of the perception that what's going on is her fault, IMHO

[RestoreGore]

17. And why are you playing into the polls? He isn't

Do you honestly think this is what he wants people who read his book to continue to do? Spewing poll numbers? Poll numbers put out by the very media he excoriates in The Assault On Reason for their emphasis on such trivialities compared to issues? And why continue to show pictures of the past when we should be moving to the future? He doesn't look good enough to you now?

[Terri S]

25. I agree RG

I don't know what's going on in his mind, any more than anyone else. I personally would love to have him president just because I admire him so much, and to at least give him what he rightly earned. But there's always a larger picture, and whatever he decides I support.

[RestoreGore]

62. Oh, I will too...

I just think the constant pushing of him at this point is a bit rude based on his words and because I don't think him coy at all or someone playing a game.

[DemGa]

18. It's between Clinton and Gore IMO

Last chance for a woman President in the foreseeable future and likely Gore's last chance as well. That's some choice to have to make (should the occasion arise).

[shimmergal]

40. Well actually,

I'd like to see our first chance for a woman president come sooneer. Like with * and Cheney being kicked out of office simultaneously. Probably not going to happen, but oh if it did--!

[insane_cratic_gal]

50. As a woman, I'd still vote Gore in over Hillary

While I'd like to see a woman in office during my life time, I want it to be a woman I can get behind. Not one who panders to the republican party for votes or who's too afraid of her own shadow to tell them all to go piss off.

I'd pick Gore of Hillary, over Obama, Over Edwards and Over Dodd.

It happens rarley but every now and again someone comes along and inspires you, makes you believe (or best yet makes you WANT to believe). Gore is that person for me.

[MadBadger]

19. If Gore were running, he would place Second

A close second though. Hillary would still be in first though I think.

[berni_mccoy]

22. NOT, though Hillary would make a good VP to Gore.

:-P

[bpeale]

23. oh hell no!

the last thing gore needs to deal with is another clinton

[berni_mccoy]

24. ROFL!

I just had to throw that out there. :rofl:

[kiteinthewind]

31. Hillary?!?! LOL! Not.

:rofl:

[MasonJar]

21. Gore won by the biggest margin to date in 2000...except for one of

Reagan's wins. He needed one more vote to win the electoral college and Bush needed every single Florida vote to beat him by one in the electoral college. I know he does not want to run, especially against Hillary. However, this new news on Global Warming is frightening. Perhaps Gore will be personally compelled to enter the race. I doubt he will do so before the big July global concert. He is so busy with his book tour and plans for that monumental event. He must be exhausted. By September he will need to decide.

[StarryNite]

26. Run, Al run!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[LibDemAlways]

27. Today on Ed Schultz a caller stated that he hopes Gore runs

and Schultz's response was just plain stupid. He said Gore can make more of an impact doing what he's doing now. The caller had to remind him that nobody makes an impact the way the President does.

Al Gore would blow away the competition. If he runs, he's a shoe-in.

[boston bean]

29. I love him. If he doesn't get in, I am all the way with Edwards. nt

[WiseButAngrySara]

32. Same here for now. Last night cinched it for Edwards. ....n/t

[NMDemDist2]

35. yup, that's the way it's shaping up in my head too. I'll have to get off my arse

in September to start campaigning for *somebody* and at this point it's Edwards, but I haven't committed to him yet in hopes Gore will make a move......

[mconvente]

47. agree with you fully n/t

[WiseButAngrySara]

30. Run Gore, RUN !!!!!! .....n/t

[Union Label]

33. K&R

nt

[kiteinthewind]

34. Patience. No hurry. We are still over 500 days from the election!

He's smart to wait and see how this early crap plays out. He doesn't HAVE to get in right now, he can decide later this year!

Al, you are the one!!! :kick:

[NMDemDist2]

36. I just don't get the 500 days stuff. We're having a primary here Feb 5th

which (according to my calendar) is only 245 days and I will be campaigning for someone this fall.

the Convention is 448 days away, but a lot of work has to be done before that if someone expects to get the Nomination

just saying.... :shrug:

[FogerRox]

37. IIRC the deadline for filing in NH & Iowa is Oct.

[kiteinthewind]

38. If Gore decided to run, in say Sept., that is soon enough. He already has name recognition, people

already know how he feels about the Iraq occupation, the NSA spying, the other illegal activities of this admin., and global warming. His base is already there just waiting for the word. I am more than happy to wait few more months to have a great candidate to work for. The 500 day reference is until the election, not to how long he can wait before announcing. Point is, this is very early, historically. :hi:

[NMDemDist2]

46. agreed on all points!

but Sept is getting late to get a team on the ground for super Tuesday is all I'm saying

[Labors of Hercules]

60. Seems the best time would be after the Live Earth concerts.

Maybe around the first of August?

[sproutster]

39. Hellz to the yea -- God I hope he runs. LOL I'm of a mind to start a write in campaign n/t

[Pacifist Patriot]

41. I blush when I think of what I would do if only it would mean Gore would run.

And I'm about as prudish as they come.

I literally tear up when I think of what it would mean to the world with him as U.S. President.

[sampsonblk]

43. I'd vote for Gore. No question at this point

None of the other candidates have a damn thing to say. Its all canned garbage. The world is a serious place. Wouldn't it be nice to have a serious candidate running?

[flyarm]

45. he is #1 for me!!..RUN AL RUN!!!...i am waiting for you!! eom

[Jack Rabbit]

49. Hey, look at the competition

It's no surprise an unannounced candidate does well.

"None of the above" would do well in that group, too.

[Oilwellian]

53. Hi Berni...here's the video

Thanks so much for your inspiration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDJQhso83-8

[berni_mccoy]

56. George, that is one awesome video. Thank you.

You rock. And thanks for trying to use my pics.

[Oilwellian]

59. Thank YOU Berni....

For the awesome idea. :toast:

[w4rma]

54. Please run, Mr. Gore. (nt)

[malaise]

55. Al will run and win

Hope he announces his intentions in NOLA surrounded by all those people he rescued.

Run Al Run!!!

[Labors of Hercules]

61. Oh HELL yeah!!!

Every time he revisits New Orleans someone shouts out asking if he will run. How cool would it be if at a visit in late July he just casually answers, "okay, you got it, I'll run".

[Prophet 451]

57. He's playing it perfectly

Assuming he's running, he's got everyone dancing to his tune. Since he's not declared, he's free to speak his mind without getting drawn into the power games.

That said, even if he did declare, I'd still back Kucinich (albeit only just, I'd actually be torn).