Posted on 02/16/2008 5:09:05 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz
Hillary-Barack Gridlock? Newsweek Ponders 'Al Gore to the Rescue' By Tim Graham | February 16, 2008 - 07:57 ET Some see the Democratic race as slipping away from Hillary Clinton, but others persist in seeing the race as "tick tight," to quote Dan Rather. On his Stumper blog, Newsweek cub political reporter Andrew Romano forwards the bundle of nervous energy that is Eleanor Clift, wondering if Al Gore will come to the rescue on the second ballot of the Democratic convention in Denver. Romano's take?
He foresaw global warming. He "took the initiative" on the Internet. And he knew exactly how Iraq would turn out. Who's to say that Al Gore hasn't known all along that the Democratic race would descend into some weird state of gridlock--and that only he, the Goreacle, could rescue the party from civil war?
Someone should talk Eleanor Clift gently away from the ledge of foisting Al Gore on the electorate again, especially since he sounds more like the president of Norway (six-dollar gas, anyone?) on the fate of the planet.
Al Gore on the second ballot: A scenario that a few weeks ago seemed preposterous is beginning to look plausible to some nervous Democrats looking for a way out of the deadlock between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. It goes like this: We love them both, but neither is a sure bet when it comes to electability. It's not about gender and race, each has more mundane vulnerabilities. Hillary's negatives will drive white men to John McCain; Obama's inexperience will require a gut check on the part of voters. What if the super delegates decide not to decide, denying either candidate the requisite number of delegates to secure the party's nomination. Democrats want to win. The new rallying cry: Gore on the second ballot.
The last time a political convention went to a second ballot was 1952, but this is a year with so many twists and turns that nothing is impossible. Gore would be tempted on so many levels. He would only have to endure two months of campaigning, not long enough for voters to remember what they didn't like about him eight years ago. Gore has sat out the primary process, refusing to offer even so much as a hint of where his sentiments lie. Years of playing second-fiddle to Hillary in the White House no doubt precluded his endorsement for her. Surely he would happily take Obama as his running mate, ending the Clinton dynasty and positioning the Democrats for a potential 16-year reign at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. A Gore-Obama ticket would be unstoppable, the thinking goes, matching the presumptive Republican nominee, McCain, on national security and experience, while embodying a powerful message of change.
The Gore second-ballot scenario isn't being seriously considered by Democratic Party leaders (as far as we know). But a number of individual high-profile Democrats are talking about it, along with any number of other ideas to end the seemingly intractable stalemate.
Weird. This is the kind of nervous phase that liberal media elitists go through in primary season. Even in 1992, before they all started singing "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)," the press bantered about if Bill Clinton weren't electable, could there be a late entry by Dick Gephardt or Mario Cuomo? It's nothing that can't be cured with a sleep aid or some anti-anxiety pills.
On a lighter note, the Goreacle cometh. I actually expected that Hillary would have been annointed the Messiah at the convention.
What? So he can complain about being a sore loser all over again?
How could such a great country have so many dumbasses?
This is the primary reason Gore has not endorse either candidate.
I see the savages are looking for a new god to worship.
Dress Al Gore in a bear loincloth, paint his face, give him a spear and find a volcano for background - Chief Crazy Gorse to the rescue.
I don't think even the writer believes this ridiculous idea. Women would stay home in droves, seeing another man rob the first woman president of her rightful position; ditto minorities.
McCain is SUCH a weak candidate, and the stars are lining up for what should be a shoe-in democrat victory...and they're showing signs that they could blow it.
If a dem can't get into the White House this year, they might as well pack it in.
ML/NJ
Devolution.
As I stated in 2000, Al Gore and his envirowhacko philosophy makes him the most dangerous man in America.
Your right. But the problem is that genius McCnutts believes in it.
Regards
Truly, it is. I'm counting on either Hillary or Obama to become ineffectual within months or even weeks from assuming the presidency, but Albore really could govern. By that, I mean he has enough knowledge and connections to actually get what he wants enacted into law, and get his court nominees confirmed. Go-along, get-along RINOs would find themselves powerless to resist him.
Any compromise candidate coming out of a brokered convention on either side would have the advantage of not being 'old news' by November. The country is going to be sick and tired of Hillary, McCain, and to a lesser extent, Obama by that point, they will have appeared in countless TV ads, and have been the butt of thousands of late-night jokes.
This post calls out for a “Barf Alert” after the title.
It’s part of the cost of a free society.People like Gore are marched to the nearest wall and shot in a lot of places in this world.
Given that the Gores and the Clintons cannot tolerate one another, and that AlGore reportedly blames the Clintons for his 2000 loss to George W. Bush, it’s hard to see how AlGore will endorse anyone other than Obama.
I think AlGore wwould stand mute before he ever endorsed Her Thighness...
Unless Hillary wins big in Texas and Ohio and I do mean big(70-30)Obama will have a clear(well over 100) elected delegate lead. If she wins both close(55-45) it will be over 200. And if she loses one or the other it will be over.
Algore knew exactly how Iraq would turn out?
Wow, you do learn something new every day. No agenda reporting there.
Which ones? Those running for office, voting, or warming mainstream media chairs?
I vote for "All of the Above".
Will the DUmmies/KOmmies/HUffies begin to cry out, “Algore, SAAAAAAAAVE US!!!!”
It’s too late for Gore. If he jumps in at the last possible moment, the Obamacans will savage him and turn off their will to vote if he is given the nomination.
The Clinton’s will just go all out public with every bit of trash they possess on Gore. The Clinton’s will destroy the party in an effort to save themselves.
They are stalkers of power. If they can’t have it then nobody else can either.
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