[kabar]

No, he wants to be the DNC. Dean becomes de facto leader of the DNC when he gets the nomination, McAuliffe is out and the Dean and Gore choice is in. Dean will pay Gore plenty in favors for this endore.

Exactly. This is a struggle for control of the Dem Party. The early endorsement is meant to steamroll the Clintons. It wil interesting to see if either Bill or Hil will explicitly endorse a candidate now. Then it will be a battle of Titans (or dwarfs) to see what the outcome is.

[Dolphy]

Exactly. This is a struggle for control of the Dem Party. The early endorsement is meant to steamroll the Clintons.

Time will tell, but the only way to wrestle control over the party from the Clintons is to win in 2004. Al Gore is a political idiot, I doubt he can out smart the Clintons. Hillary spent yesterday positioning herself right of Dean. When Dean loses in 2004 who emerges as the front runner in 2008?