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Hillary goes to Iraq and then signs up for every Sunday talk show to blast President Bush and the war. Gore backs Dean to court favor with the liberal anti-war faction that has taken over.

It's clear to me that Gore is not interested in Dean but in Dean's supporters. It is also clear that he made his move after Hillary spent the previous weekend before the media. There are only two serious Dem candidates for POTUS, Gore and Hillary. What I can't figure for sure is whether the race is in 2004 or 2008. If it is in 2004 then Dean will be removed from the picture--possibly as a martyr. Night of the long knives.

Just my opinion, but...I don't think gore intends to jump in the 2004 race. I'm not so sure about hillary.

If dean gets the nomination and loses big to Bush, then there figures to be a big gore vs. hillary fight in 2008. gore might be a better candidate for the general election than hillary, but I don't see him beating her in the 'Rat primaries.

As to your other point-- if some tragedy did befall dr. dean during the campaigning process, I agree that would raise some very interesting posible scenarios.