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As to whether there’s enough disgust with Bush, remember he has three more years in office. Based on current trends, the disgust will be there in 2008. |
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I guess what I’m saying Steve, and this is my opinion only, is I’m not sure there will ever be enough disgust for Al Gore to find himself in the White House. But as you point out, 3 years is a long time in that regard. |
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If Kerry, Hillary, and Gore are the best the Democrats can do, I suppose Gore’s shot at getting the nomination isn’t that bad. Hillary inspires a disgust on the national level that far outstrips the "unelectability" that derailed Howard Dean.
Kerry is someone I wasn’t sure could exist before I saw him. He was actually a worse candidate for the Democrats than Gore was in 2000 - more boring, more detached from mainstream America, and more incoherent.
But come on, folks! Is this the best the left half of the political spectrum can come up with? The only good thing about any of these as president is that gridlock would rule, and they would probably be perceived as completely ineffective. (None of them has the faux veneer of caring and competence that allowed Bill Clinton to come out of gridlock looking good.) |
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I’m one of the disgusted. I’m been shocked and amazed that intelligent people could ever have supported this idiot president, and its only gotten worse as time has gone on. I hope we’re all here to vote in 2008 for Al Gore, and not annilihated by all the hate this administration policies have sown. How anyone could say there’s not enough disgust is beyond me, not because you’re wrong but because you might be right and it makes me wonder how that could possibly be.
I also sat and waited three hours with hundreds of others, two days after Katrina hit, to see Al Gore speak on Global Warming in Portland Or. I’ve waited, and waited and waited for my time to have my leader. He was intelligent, thoughtful, not a chicken but brave to tell the US what it doesn’t want to hear about the damage our lifestyles are causing.
So I am more than ready for him to run, and I will fight with all I have to see him make it this time.
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not annilihated by all the hate this administration policies have sown Yeah, he racked up a lot of hate during those 8 months in office before 9-11.not a chicken but brave to tell the US what it doesn’t want to hear about the damage our lifestyles are causing Yes, because we all know how politically incorrect it is to complain about the human contributions to global climate change. |
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and lets not forget how brave he was to bash america in Saudi Arabia, telling them that the US rounded up Saudi’s after 9/11.
Al Gore has made a drastic change since he lost the 2000 election. Thinking katrina was caused by global warming, that the US should suck up more to Saudi Arabia, that the US shouldnt use extraordinary rendition even though Gore was for it as VP, that its ok to call conservative bloggers nazi’s. None of this reflects well on Gore. |
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Position himself to the left of Clinton (environment, war and energy). Check. Tap into the anger still simmering in the base about 2000 and call for revenge. Check. Point out that when compared to Kerry he did much better electorially. Check. Bank on the fact that 8 years is a long time and most have forgotten the corruption of the administration he served with and the poor campaign he ran in 2000 (an incumbent VP in a good economy with the nation at peace). Check. Lost the 2000 Presidential election. UNcheck.
’Nuff said.
We won’t be seeing him as the party’s nominee again
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Politically, ’08 is a lifetime away. The Bush disgust factor will play a large role in ’08, but it really is too soon to tell which way that will cut. The Rs will clearly run away from Bush, but in which direction? Will an actual conservative get the nomination or will the Rs go with the more moderate McCain or Giuliani? As for the Ds, who knows. Warner has the advantage of being a new face. In some alternate universe, Hillary might actually make a good President, but not in the one we live in today. Gore—we could do worse, but the thought of having to listen to him for at least 4 years would probably be enough to make me pine for that great orator, George W. Bush. All in all, a pretty poor selection of candidates for the leader of the most prosperous and powerful country on the planet. |
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Can’t wait to see the counter ads...
"I almost won last time, and I’ll almost win again..."
"I won, before I lost..."
The Republicans will go moderate domestic, forward leaning foreign.
I thought this piece gave a good background on the abysmal state of our political culture http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=3457 |
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But come on, folks! Is this the best the left half of the political spectrum can come up with? I hear tell that Larry Summers is looking for work. |
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Talking about the Democratic primary, I can well imagine the left base getting behind someone like Gore and organizing the heck out of the early primaries.
However, I can also imagine that this might be a wake up call for the rest of the Party in the later primaries, and like Kerry stepped in for Dean after Iowa - Gore will be pushed aside for someone more "electable." |
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If Algore was to ever run, the election would become a referendum on Bush, and he would probably win again since Gore is sufficiently unhinged enough.
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Kerry supporter here.
I really enjoy reading the Kerry bashing. I also enjoyed reading it when he was 30 points down a month before the New Hampshire Primary.
If 2004 taught us anything, don’t sleep on John. |
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Thomas,
The Democrats may be crazy, but they are not stupid. Would you run the same guy who lost the last election when you have other viable options? If they nominate Kerry, I retract the part about them not being stupid.
McQ,
I don’t foresee Bush being much of a factor in the next election. I think the Republican candidates will probably distance themselves from him, if for no other reason than Bush’s low approval numbers. |
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EdMcGon
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Ed,
I think the Republicans know something Democrats don’t about giving a candidate a second try.
Look, I know Kerry has little shot of getting the nomination again, but it’s possible.
Even if Clinton runs, I don’t see her winning. Edwards will out-stump her, and Kerry will win the debates.
Money only takes you so far. |
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Thomas
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Thomas,
Edwards is the Democrats’ Dan Quayle. A pretty boy who nobody takes seriously.
For Clinton to win, the Republicans would have to pick a really bad nominee (Frist comes to mind).
Kerry might have won debates against the kind of moonbat competition he had in ’04, but Clinton is the big time. Kerry is out of his league against the Clinton 800 pound political gorilla. Underestimate her at your own risk. |
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EdMcGon
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