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Gore mulling third party run in '08 [Green Party]
Insight Mag.com ^ | 3/28/2007

Posted on 03/28/2007 5:24:56 PM PDT by bruinbirdman

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton faces a possible new threat to her presidential ambitions.

Former Vice President Al Gore has again been entertaining offers to run for president. Gore has been discussing a run for a third party nomination with family and close aides.

"Al Gore has been energized by the attention he's been receiving as America's leading environmentalist," a political source close to Gore said. "He believes this might present an opportunity to become president or at least try again."

Sources close to Gore said Ralph Nader has sought to recruit the former vice president to run as the candidate for the Green Party. They said Gore has not rejected the offer and was consulting with family and friends to determine the feasibility of such a candidacy.

At this point, Gore stands behind Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama in any race for the Democratic presidential nomination. But the polls report that many Democrats who support Clinton could switch their support to Gore.

Still, Gore, largely estranged from former President Bill Clinton since 2000, is said to have concluded that he stands no chance of beating Hillary for the Democratic presidential nomination. But sources close to Gore said the former vice president believes that he could present himself as a genuine liberal in any general election that would include Clinton.

For her part, Clinton has been monitoring Gore's feelers regarding a presidential race. The sources said Clinton has expressed concern that a third party effort by Gore could hurt her chances in the general election.

"Gore is invulnerable on several issues," a political strategist familiar with Gore's consultations said. "Unlike Obama, he can't be attacked as inexperienced; he has much more experience than Hillary. And, he was Bill's vice president."

Nader, a harsh critic of then-President Bill Clinton, was for a time the leader of the Green Party. Nader has used the movement for previous races for the presidency. Nader's campaign was believed to have spoiled Gore's efforts for the presidency in the 2000 election, particularly in the state of Florida where George W. Bush won by only 537 votes. In 1996 and 2000, Nader was the presidential nominee of the Green Party.

Over the last month, Gore's profile has skyrocketed in the wake of his Academy Award for his documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," which examines global warming. On March 21, Gore testified to two congressional panels that global climate change marked the greatest danger in U.S. history and issued a 10-point plan that included an immediate freeze on new emissions from cars and power plants.

"This is not a normal time," Gore said in his first appearance on Capitol Hill since 2001. "We are facing a planetary emergency. I'm fully aware that that phrase sounds shrill to many people's ears. But it is accurate."

Although a handful of Republicans criticized and questioned his research and the factual basis for many of his claims, many Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee viewed Gore's appearance as a homecoming. The Democrats, with Sen. Hillary Clinton sitting on the committee, said Gore was leading a nationwide movement that sought drastic changes in the environment.

"You have acted for us," said Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, California Democrat. "You have acted more than anyone else."

The sources said Gore, who also serves as an adviser to Google, would quietly test the waters in a series of polls in the spring of 2007. They said his high profile will probably be maintained over the next few months when he publicizes his latest book, "The Assault on Reason" in May. The book is said to be an indictment of American politics.


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To: bruinbirdman

The DNC is crapping in their pants at the thought of this.


261 posted on 03/28/2007 9:33:10 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: pissant

If Gore nominated Bloomberg as his VP, then it would be more believable.


262 posted on 03/28/2007 9:35:06 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore
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To: bruinbirdman
Big Al hates the Clinton's (whose pecadillos, he believes, cost him the election) more than Perot detested the Bushes.

If nothing else, this throws a huge scare into the Clinton camp, already reeling from her 46 percent dispproval rating in the polls. She can raise money, but she seems to lose more ground with every public appearance. A Gore 3rd party run would pretty much destroy her chances.

I am wondering what Al Gore would take not to do it. I can't think of a single thing the Clinton's could offer the guy that he would want, except for Hillary to forfeit the nomination to him. Is it possible she would fold her hand, looking at the polls currently, and knowing a 3rd party run by Gore would ruin her chances anyway?

Pass the popcorn.

263 posted on 03/28/2007 9:35:08 PM PDT by massadvj
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To: SaveTheChief
"This is brilliant! Everyone needs to back Algore for the Green Party nomination!"

Me Too

264 posted on 03/28/2007 9:35:48 PM PDT by spokeshave ("Hitlery is uniting the country. Everybody hates her.")
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To: SaveTheChief
"This is brilliant! Everyone needs to back Algore for the Green Party nomination!"

Me Too

265 posted on 03/28/2007 9:35:50 PM PDT by spokeshave ("Hitlery is uniting the country. Everybody hates her.")
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To: bruinbirdman

OH .... PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, ..... PLEASE!


266 posted on 03/28/2007 9:38:29 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Democrat Happens!)
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To: bruinbirdman

Oh please do run, Al. You can beat Hillary and just think how rewarding it will be to beat her. Remember Al, you have the Hollywierdos behind you, and you just won the Academy Award. Everyone knows you now. Even if you don't beat Hillary, you will keep her from winning. lol


267 posted on 03/28/2007 9:38:38 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (Duncan Hunter for President '08 - A genuine "Reagan Republican" for America!)
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To: pissant
The sources said Gore.....would quietly test the waters in a series of polls in the spring of 2007.

GET READY TO FREEP THESE POLLS FOLKS! This is the best thing that could ever happen to our team. Divide and conquer. YEEEEEEEEHAAAAAA!!!
268 posted on 03/28/2007 9:40:31 PM PDT by no dems (Fred Thompson for Prez /Herman Cain for VEEP in '08)
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To: bruinbirdman

Splitting the leftist vote in the November 4, 2008 General Election between both Hillary and Gore would help the eventual GOP candidate win! Bloomberg may also run himself as a third party candidate, and this would end up helping the eventual GOP candidate even more! I hope that Gore does decide to do this.


269 posted on 03/28/2007 9:41:04 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore
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To: Seadog Bytes; bruinbirdman; Lady Jag; Grampa Dave; potlatch; devolve; pookie18; MeekOneGOP

270 posted on 03/28/2007 9:41:51 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: bruinbirdman

Why the hell would he do this when he could probably win the Democratic nomination?


271 posted on 03/28/2007 10:00:47 PM PDT by zendari
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To: bruinbirdman

272 posted on 03/28/2007 10:09:45 PM PDT by do the dhue (DEM ARE RATS!!!!!)
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To: do the dhue



273 posted on 03/28/2007 10:11:17 PM PDT by do the dhue (DEM ARE RATS!!!!!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

This could be really interesting. ABC-TV Nightline's last segment had Hillary as fodder for comedy routines a little over an hour ago.


274 posted on 03/28/2007 10:14:04 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: bruinbirdman
 
AlGore, High priest of Global Warming Religion, Inc.
 
 
Above we see Algore's Great-Great-Great-Great Uncle AzGore, at work as an Aztec priest-  hoodwinking the sheeple by "Making  the Sun Go Dark".
 
Uncle AzGore's predecessors had figured out that, by watching the sun and other celestial bodies, they could accurately predict, among other things, a Solar Eclipse.  
 
The ignorant masses were not privy to Uncle AzGore's secret knowledge and they were shocked and awed when Uncle AzGore's displayed his  "magic".
 
Today, AlGore is milking his magical knowledge of the periodic Warming and Cooling cycle - which has been going on for a loooong time - as documented using data from the Vostok Ice Cores:
 
 
 
Yes, Global Warming is real.   It's happened LOTS of times.
 
 

275 posted on 03/28/2007 10:40:24 PM PDT by VxH (There are those who declare the impossible - and those who do the impossible.)
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To: sissyjane
Since I instinctively distrust e-mails, I decided to do some corroboration, and it checks out. There's even a thread on the subject from a month ago.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1792422/posts
276 posted on 03/28/2007 10:54:17 PM PDT by The Pack Knight (A fine is a tax on doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. Gingrich/Bolton '08)
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To: bruinbirdman

The purpose of such a candidacy would not be to win the White House but rather to establish matching funds for the Greens in 2012.


277 posted on 03/28/2007 10:58:28 PM PDT by weegee (Carbon credits are nothing but the Global Warming movement's way of selling indugences.)
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To: bruinbirdman
"We are facing a planetary emergency. I'm fully aware that that phrase sounds shrill to many people's ears. But it is accurate."

I hate to say this, but Al Gore might actually be right for a change. Al Gore is so full of hot air that he is single-handedly causing global warming, manbearpig, etc.

278 posted on 03/28/2007 11:01:39 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Sic Semper Tyrannis * Allen for U.S. Senate for VA in '08 * Thompson/Hunter in '08)
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Old Man Willow

279 posted on 03/28/2007 11:47:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Saturday, March 24, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Berosus; Cincinatus' Wife; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; Fedora; ..

See? Now this is good news.


280 posted on 03/28/2007 11:48:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Saturday, March 24, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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