[LS]

Gore with anyone else is a threat to Bush. He is IMHO the only candidate who unifies the Left without uniting the right in pure terror. He alone seems to allow "pure" conservatives to back away from Bush---but Hillary creates the "broken glass Republicans," whether as a Veep or Pres. candidate, and will lose big time.

[Coop]

Gore with anyone else is a threat to Bush.

Then how do you rectify that opinion with Gore's poor showing in this poll? If you mean Gore with anyone but Hillary, I don't really buy it. Hillary vs. Bush gets her to about 40% as I recall, so she's not putting a drag on Gore (IMHO). Obviously this is only one poll, but I think Gore should be faring better given the sympathy factor and his time out of the spotlight (thereby helping his weaknesses fade from memory).

I used to think Gore might still be somewhat of a threat to Dubya, but not anymore. And his decision not to run seems to support that.