Gore to Make White House Decision Within 1 Months Time [Well Informed Dems Say He's Not Running]

ABC Political News Summary Page 'The Note' ^ | December 5, 2002 | Marc Ambinder

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Gore's Decision on a 2004 Run

Within a month, the former Vice President plans to be in or out.

These days, its almost harder to find Gore intimates who will predict that he will run than it is to find ones who say that their hunch is he won't.

Keeping in mind the very real possibility that Gore himself has not decided, there is a growing sense among well informed Democrats that the needle ISN'T straight up or down, and that he wont do it.

Par for the course, Debra Orin in the New York Post and ABC's The Note are leading parallel lives, in parallel universes this morning, although Deb has to go spoil our harmonic convergence by tagging her 'people think Gore might not run' story with some GOP polling suggesting that Jews are moving towards Bush.

Richard Cohen suggests that Gore is, well, a loser (while he also, much more shockingly considering the source, declares that President Bush is up to the job).

You might think that Gore's decision-whatever it is- would be stabilizing because it will do a lot to help set the party's 2004 field, but in fact, either way he decides, it will produce more instability.

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Who benefits.. Edwards or Kerry?

[Argus]

A month, huh. He's waiting to see how the war in Iraq goes.

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Or if another candidate throws their hat into the ring..

[bmwcyle]

He is going to live off his book profits (for a month).

[ewing]

LOL! Only a month?

[Paul Atreides]

Who benefits.. Edwards or Kerry?

The American people.

[ewing]

How about Tipper, I bet she is hoping against this as well..four more years of Algore moping around the house eating all of the ice cream out of the fridge, getting fat and trying to make out with her.

[Paul Atreides]

Didn't he start his Jenny Craig last week? I he wants to try that for a month and see if he can lose a little of his post-election stress disorder tonnage.

[Paul Atreides]

I he wants = I imagine he wants

[OldFriend]

Oh, but it's been so much fun to watch him on his book tour!

[BlessedAmerican]

Articles like this are just to keep us on "pins and needles"! Worthless verbage! Just trying to keep ol' al's name in the news....we can move along here....

[bluewater bird]

His lack of book sales should be a real loud hint that people don't care about the Gores!

[PJ-Comix]

Keeping in mind the very real possibility that Gore himself has not decided, there is a growing sense among well informed Democrats that the needle ISN'T straight up or down, and that he wont do it.

This is just HOPE on the part of the Demmycrats. Gore IS running. Otherwise why come out with that dopey book? He just had it published as an excuse to go on all those talk radio shows.

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You mean the book tour where no one shows at the signings?

[cardinal4]

What he doesnt lose with Jenny Craig, he will sweat out.

[ewing]

How about growing the beard back, that worked so well before..

[Paul Atreides]

Especially when he goes into his Elmer Gantry preaching mode. Apparently, Naomi Wolf has never heard of an undershirt and deodorant.

[Paul Atreides]

LOL! He's a flop at everything.

[Stat-boy]

Who benefits.. Edwards or Kerry? The American people.

I wonder if the Republican party would benefit the most if Gore were the Democrat nominee.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I kind of liked the Earth-toned Al the best...