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Al Gore Might Yet Join 2008 Contenders
Wall Street Journal ^ | 5/8/06

Posted on 05/08/2006 8:02:22 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside

...(Gore's denials) aren't persuasive to some Democrats, including former Clinton-Gore White House insiders. "I do know that he's thinking about it. I know for a fact," a former adviser says. "He's talked to people about the pros and cons."

Among those said to be pushing Mr. Gore are billionaire venture capitalist and high-tech entrepreneur John Doerr and Laurie David, a global-warming activist and producer of the film, and wife of "Seinfeld" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator Larry David.

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But, she adds, he changes the subject whenever it comes up, and had to be talked into making the movie when she pitched it.

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"His star will never be higher than it is right now with his movie coming out," says Democratic consultant Karen Skelton, Mr. Gore's former political director.

The Gore buzz reflects a sense among even some pro-Clinton Democrats that Mrs. Clinton...can't win the general election because she is a polarizing figure to many voters. These skeptics believe only someone such as Mr. Gore with the celebrity and fund-raising potential to match Mrs. Clinton could stop her.

Like Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Gore remains a negative figure to many voters, says a Democrat who has seen private polls. For both, that might only increase with the spectacle of a Clinton-Gore brawl. Even insiders can't fully account for the bad blood that has built up since... Several insiders say Mr. Gore is more likely to run if Mrs. Clinton does than if she doesn't.

Also controversial among Democrats was Mr. Gore's 2004 endorsement of Howard Dean...

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


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1 posted on 05/08/2006 8:02:23 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mr. Brightside

He's totally cereal about running?


2 posted on 05/08/2006 8:03:14 AM PDT by anonymous_user (62% of repondents say they lie to pollsters.)
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To: Mr. Brightside

This would be a huge division within the Democratic Party and a race to see who could be more leftist....


3 posted on 05/08/2006 8:03:56 AM PDT by misterrob (Death once came calling for Jack Bauer. Death went home to mommy with a wedgie and no lunch money)
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To: Mr. Brightside; PhiKapMom
Go, Al, go!!

If he doesn't run, HE'S BETRAYED THIS COUNTRY!!!

:-p

4 posted on 05/08/2006 8:04:14 AM PDT by Coop (Proud founding member of GCA - Gruntled Conservatives of America)
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To: Mr. Brightside
Several insiders say Mr. Gore is more likely to run if Mrs. Clinton does than if she doesn't.

OK, I have to admit it, the DUmmies are right....

Karl Rove DOES control the world.

5 posted on 05/08/2006 8:05:00 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 ("I only respond to posts with reasoned opinions and facts, ignore irrational ones")
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To: Mr. Brightside


Man...will that manbearpig episode of South Park stick, if he does.


6 posted on 05/08/2006 8:05:21 AM PDT by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
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"His star will never be higher than it is right now with his movie coming out," says Democratic consultant Karen Skelton, Mr. Gore's former political director.

Wholly crap.
7 posted on 05/08/2006 8:05:30 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly.)
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To: Mr. Brightside

This is great news. Run, Al, run!


8 posted on 05/08/2006 8:05:35 AM PDT by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are familiar bedfellows)
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To: misterrob

And it just might get the Republican naysayer's out to vote.


9 posted on 05/08/2006 8:06:22 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
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To: Mr. Brightside

Please, Lord let Goron run again!


10 posted on 05/08/2006 8:08:22 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist homosexual lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: Mr. Brightside

Al Gore must be going to Patrick Kennedy's doctor.


11 posted on 05/08/2006 8:08:24 AM PDT by RexBeach ("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
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To: Mr. Brightside

Gore/Dean 2008! Bwahahaha.

12 posted on 05/08/2006 8:09:59 AM PDT by M203M4
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To: Mr. Brightside
Excelsior!

13 posted on 05/08/2006 8:10:00 AM PDT by uglybiker (Don't blame me. I didn't make you stupid.)
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To: Mr. Brightside
Al would be a good choice. I miss the good old days of LMAO when all he wanted was some respect.

I'm pulling for the Hillary/Obama Nation '08. Such a beautifully fitting bumper sticker that would be.

14 posted on 05/08/2006 8:10:58 AM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Quick, act casual...if they sense scorn or ridicule, they'll flee)
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To: Mr. Brightside

Thank God!

Ali-Gore is the only man that can save the Earth from overheating - both from man's use of fossel fuels and war.

He will ban all automobiles, except for the elite.
He will surrender immediately to the Islamists...

He will bring PEACE IN OUR TIME.

Semper Fi


15 posted on 05/08/2006 8:11:05 AM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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Run Al, run!. Mother Earth needs you.


16 posted on 05/08/2006 8:11:09 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (California bashers will be called out)
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To: Mr. Brightside
Let me make an improvement to this thread...


17 posted on 05/08/2006 8:11:13 AM PDT by pissant
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To: Darkwolf377

May the Green Pro Islamofascist Goron run on the Green ticket as the Green/Peace/No War for Oil candidate funded by the Opecker Princes and Thugs.

Then George $oreA$$ can fund $inato Hildebea$T to run as the head rat.

Besides cancelling each other out re voters, they could burn/waste billions of $'s in a losing campaign.


18 posted on 05/08/2006 8:12:15 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist homosexual lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: Mr. Brightside

Algore and Jean-Fraud trying to elbow Hitlery out... what fun...

Please, please, please algore, RUN! Pleeze!!


19 posted on 05/08/2006 8:12:55 AM PDT by Fudd Fan (DemocRATs- the CULTURE OF TREASON!)
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To: in hoc signo vinces
Man...will that manbearpig episode of South Park stick, if he does.

He plans on pouring molten lava over his opponents.

20 posted on 05/08/2006 8:13:21 AM PDT by Rocko (Post No Bills)
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