Yes. Right now the Clintons are trying to get the heat off Hillary. There is mounting internal pressure for her to save the party from Dean, but the Toons want none of it. Best put that mantle on Gore. He is going front and center so that the Dem realists can shift over to him instead of Hillary for 2004. He's not going to run, though. This is just cover for Hillary. That's what's going on. Take it from this former highly placed Democratic operative turncoat.
It's gotten to the point that Bill Clinton is actually trying to elevate Bush's poll numbers so that the Dem party faithful will forgive Hillary for not running. For 2004, Bill Clinton and George Bush are actually on the same team, and it will likely yield that Dean nomination we are all rooting for. What an amusing game to watch as their party remains hamstrung and castrated by that one pathetic sociopath.