And he should pay no attention to critics who will point out that he will split the vote on the left, assuring a Republican victory in '08
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.
:-D
They'd off him before they'd let him do this.
Sweet!
Boy, would it ever!
I personally think these candidates have a deeper, more secretive goal and that is to get a war chest full of greenbacks, then siphon off the interest at some future point and send it into their PACs which is often controlled by their spouses.
They get to keep the money and laugh all the way to the bank, thinking nobody gets it because it's their little inside secret.
Besides, it looks like they all like to dine on chicken fat.
Oops. Forgive me for saying something so mean.
WooHoo! Run Green, Algore, Run Green!
Al Gore and Ralph Nader on the Greensleaze ticket could very well bleed the dems to defeat.
GO Green Al. And take Hagel as your VP choice.
And he should pay no attention to critics who will point out that he will split the vote on the left, assuring a Republican victory in '08
Does Fat Boy currently have Secret Service protection?
An interesting take.
In 2000, Gore had the dem convention super delegates in his pocket even before the primaries started. He had no competition. When the dems realized they would lose out on all the primary media coverage for their ideology, they conjured up Sen. Bradely to enter the primaries.
Does Gore still command some of the DNC delegates over Mrs. Clinton?
Hollywood leftists love Hussein and Gore.
Did Gore name his VP before the 2000 convention?
How about a pre-primary, or pre-convention ticket of Gore/Obama?
yitbos
The e-mail is most certainly true, as even the folks at Snopes.com, the urban legends website, had to admit: http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp
OMG. This never occurred to me.
Well, unless our guys come through for us, we're screwed. A Third Party could split both parties, and 'The Beast' will reign supreme.
*SHIVER* (Perot handed the White House to Slick; the same could happen here.)
Old PEE-ROT. I've been trying to forget about him.
Go for it Mr ManBearPig
Roll Big AL Roll!
To: NewLand"If Her Thighness attacks and exposes all of her opponents this way, which is likely, it only takes one of them to decide to deliver payback and insure her defeat and go far left with a third party run..."Al Gore at the head of the Green Party ticket.
49 posted on 01/21/2007 5:47:23 PM PST by StAnDeliver
That ticket would sweep the mentally challenged vote.
I don't think this is real....sadly
Nothing at AlGor-08.com or at the DU.....
So don't get excited folks till we see this in the MSM.
When approached about a third party run, Gore corrected his aides by reminding them he had only run once before.
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