Posted on 02/12/2002 9:57:37 PM PST by B-bone
She shouldn't be so dismissive, though the fact that she is an idiot (there wasn't a presidential election in 1986 in THIS country) might be why she downplays Gephardt's chances.
Now, Gephardt did run in 1988 (as did "Prince Al"), but was effectively lost in the crowd. Dick will be loaded for bear come 2004, and he'll cut Al off at the knees.
How? Two words: Big Labor.
The Labor vote that held it's nose and pulled the lever for the (then) sitting Vice President will flock to Gephardt, a long-time Labor ally.
Add to this the fact that Dick has name recognition, comes from an important midwestern battleground state, has solid and well-tested fundrasing resources, and has an IQ well above that of Mr. Gore, and I think he's the one to watch in two years.
By the way, I don't buy the whole "prospective Speaker" crap. The Gore folks were able to dissuade Gephardt from running in part because of this in 2000, and I don't see it holding much water in 2004.
Gore is dilusional, and it couldn't happen to a better candidate (Well, maybe Clinton)...His entire staff has bailed on him. He's now working with 2nd and 3rd stringers left over from his HUMILIATING loss to President Bush. Even the clowns as DUhhhh have turned on him after that "Gore supports Bush's plans against the Evil Axis" article.
Gore wanting...Na...NEEDING this nomination SO BADLY is going to rip the rats to shreds!!! And I LOVE IT!!!
"unexpectedly" ???
By whom?
This is like the clowns who predict X will beat Y by 24 points on Saturday
When Y beats X, they all say that "Y outperformed expectations".
They won't say the truth: "We didn't predict it very well."
LOL!
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