"Gore wants to be drafted", says Chuck Todd on C-SPAN WJ (on now).

Todd's argument: he's already worked for it...he's a big Internet guy...he wants to see it bubble up from the grassroots.

I personally agree with that. If we want Gore, we have to tell him, and draft him. He's been vetted. And proven his vision and rightness on so many issues.

Edited to add: this is a discussion on 2006 elections, but of course 2008 came up; Hillary, the usual will she/won't she, followed by "what about Gore", with mention of a Karen Tumulty piece on Gore in this week's Time.

But as of right now I am probably giving him too much credit by saying that I don't think he does want to be drafted. I think he desperately wants US to rise up and to make this nation what it should be -- if we RISE UP -- then a leader of the right caliber, like Gore - if not Gore, will appear.

When the students are ready, the teacher will appear.

:hi:

It is one thing to say there is an effort by the grassroots to draft Gore. It is actually a fact.

Saying that this is what Gore WANTS is implying that he is playing the diva and is not honest.

Do you think really Todd and co are pushing this image for Gore's benefit?

I should add, the Time story claimed Gore has been calling his fundraisers telling them they are free to back others. Todd's argument is that Gore knows he can raise money quickly on the Internet, but wants to see if "the people" will rise up to support him.

to his supporters by saying he does not want to run.

Sure, he did not call him a liar in so many words, but it is what he is doing in reality.

If he thinks what you say, he is actually lying in his interviews.

The DC media have destroyed one Democratic president and two democratic candidates, but we are still here happy when they say something we want to hear. Just unbelievable.

...and I, like you, have seen enough snark against Gore to know the difference. Now, other media may try to push the "liar" meme, but, in all fairness, that was not Chuck Todd's intention. He appeared very fair, and respectful of Gore, suggesting some sympatico with the notion that Gore has proven his mettle.

All I want to hear is the repukes are out of here, gone, kaput. Mr Gore and Feingold is our next pres and vp. straight from the keyboard of madokie's

to let him know how we feel






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the last minute (and still win because of name recognition, etc.) while letting the other candidates spend a significant amount of money during that time.

On the McLaughlin Group, John said Gore was right about global warming, right about the internet, etc.. Oh, let me look for the transcripts. They are not up yet.

What bothers me, is who is all of a sudden pushing for Gore and why?

Please, don't get me wrong I like and voted for Gore, and would do so again, so why all of a sudden is there an effort in the media to push Gore? Fear of Hillary? I don't know but it is strange.

edit : typo

the VISIONARY, starkly contrasting the F*ck-up-in-Chief. He's on his book/movie tour, and people everywhere are begging him to run. The media can't ignore it.

Nov. '06 without thinking about '08

......who can take this on and get this country back on track again. BTW, does anyone have Al Gore's true birth time?? Not just the date but his birth time as well???

There was a draft movement - encouraged by Gore. Then he publicly shat on us. It was a hoot!
Not unlike the Iraq insurgency Poppy encouraged - but without the dying.
So, to the extent I still believe in elections - I am with Clark - the guy who didn't suggest a draft, but got one - and responded.

When we could run with Hillary, a candidate that 45 of the population would never vote for under any ciscumstances?

I'm thinking the dream ticket is Hillary and Joe Lieberman.

But seriously, Gore is making the right moves. Anybody with any functioning brain cells can now see that the country made a huge mistake in 2000.

reporting their version of what Congress is doing. O'Reilly and Hannity are in your face and you expect what they throw at you. Chuck Todd and the others are insidiously sinister in their right wing bias. They give all the physical indications of their positions through sneers, smiles, ridicule, eyebrows, banter. They are up front anti-Democratic.

I now do chores when they are on.

:woohoo:

I hoe he runs and takes Wes Clark as his running mate or Feingold or Conyers or Boxer....any of them would get my vote. I would DEFINITELY vote for him in the primary.

The ONLY thing I don't like about Gore is how he REFUSED to stand with the Black Caucus to stop the FL. electoral votes from being certified. The Senate LAUGHED about it. Shameful. Just SHAMEFUL. I could overlook that though, should he choose to run, BECAUSE he is NOT the same Al Gore who ran in 2000.

Though a draft Gore movement could and probably should get organized, Gore doesn't want the emphasis to be on his potential candidacy right now. That much is clear.

Let's give it some time. Gore is doing something VERY important right now. Later will be time for his candidacy, should he choose to do that.

know that we will support him

He is getting plenty of free press right now.

We must seize the moment


http://draftgore.com/

..because I don't think Global Warming is a winning issue at all. You want Americans to know you won't screw up the environment anymore than it is, and that you'll be mindful of it in decision making - but as a central issue I think it would bomb.

People say they care about it, but at the end of the day I suspect they only do around the margins. There is what people say they care and vote about (often telling pollsters what is politically correct or what they think they want to hear), and then there is how they really vote. The environment does not draw enough single issue voters across the country for a global warming platform to be effective. The message that global warming is more a threat than terrorism simply isn't going to be a winner.

Gore comes off as too much of a radical these days. That is attractive to politically partisan people, but I don't think it has broad nationwide appeal.

I'd bet Hillary will be the Democratic nominee, probably paired with a southern moderate along the lines of Mark Warner. Personally, I think Kerry might be stronger than some people think. He has refined his message and seems to have learned to fight back - but I just don't see how he beats out Hillary. Long way to go though.

Just think of how different the world would be today if we hadn't spent eight years talking about Whitewater and bimbo eruptions but had addressed the environment.I remember watching one good man after another go down in the face of Clinton's juggernaut. We have got to find a way to may sure our primaries are driven buy ideas, not money.