By Ken Fireman
WASHINGTON BUREAU
August 7, 2003
Washington - Former Vice President Al Gore has triggered a new round of speculation about his political intentions by scheduling a "major policy speech" for today at New York University to attack the Bush administration on Iraq, the economy and the environment.
Yesterday, former Gov. Mario Cuomo publicly urged Gore to become a contender for next year's Democratic presidential nomination. "Right now the Democratic voice is not a single voice, it is not a chorus, it is a babble," Cuomo said in an interview on WROW-AM in Albany. "You need a single voice. Gore could be that with a single plan."
Gore, who won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote and the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000, is not reconsidering his December decision to stay out of the 2004 race, according to Michael Feldman, a former Gore adviser speaking on his behalf.
"He said in December when he gave his interview about the race that he would not be a candidate for president in 2004 but that he would continue to speak out on the issues from time to time," Feldman said. "That's exactly what this
is. He will not be a candidate for president in 2004, but it's a speech he wants to give to speak out on some issues he cares about."
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