That all-important verb tense.
Yes, tense matters.
Actually, if I were a gambler, I’d say he’s probably going to be their candidate. He and all the Dems are going to run as greenies, because they realize their record on everything is dismal but nobody dares challenge the greenie agenda.
Nobody likes Hillary, Obama is too young and flaky even for the Dems, and some of their more extreme candidates are just - well, too extreme. So I think it will be Gore (I’m not sure about the VP).
Exactly — he did not say “I will never be a candidate.” Very Clintonesque.