With Dean in, what, if any, role does Al Gore play?

[Gloria]

Considering that Al endorsed Dean, will Gore get back into the fray? I don't necessarily mean in a public role, but a behind the scenes sort of position? The kick-ass speeches he gave over the last couple of years pretty much lays it all on the line....will Dean pull some of the message in these speeches or get Gore doing something on a regular basis????

[Guaranteed]

1. I sure hope so.

Gore is one of the few Democrats we have with his integrity intact. He can fight.

[Warpy]

5. Right, and with his campaign neutered by the DLC, he has

as much reason as Dean to despise them. Now if only Kerry will join the fray, we may yet get our party back from the GOP moles.

[Guaranteed]

6. I think Kerry will. I think most Democrats will.

They know what's up. They know what we have to do.

[TwentyFive]

7. This is true. However, I was not happy he turned his back on BC

The biggest mistake Gore made was to distance himself from President Bill Clinton. I think the world of President Clinton. What I wouldn't give to have old Bill back in the WH right now, tonight!!!

[Guaranteed]

9. It's true. And Gore used to be hardcore DLC.

But, he has a great political sense. He was one of the first to actually realize what was happening with the Iraq thing, and to push for a stronger response from the Democrats.

For the most part, pre-9/11 and immediately afterward I give most Democrats a pass, even though they were, politically, going about everything wrong. But, when Bush started sabre-rattling they should have immediately stood up and starting playing hardball. Gore was one of those who did, at least after the invasion. He was pretty quiet during the run-up, I think.

Anyway, I think he could do a lot to help.

[Capn Sunshine]

13. A lot of us were hardcore DLC- I was a founding member

But when the horse is dead, you stop beating it.

Triangulation is like running a deficit-down the road , the price gets too steep.

[Guaranteed]

14. Yep, he figured it out fairly early in the game.

At least comparatively. Kind of like you said, the stakes got too high, and the theory busted.

[Cha]

15. And chosing ol' lieberman

for his running mate..which may have had something to do with BC, too.

[mzmolly]

10. I'm right there with ya!

Dean head of the DNC and Gore as our candidate in 08! What a team!

[Northern Perspective]

21. With Senator Boxer as his running mate?

N/T

[Capn Sunshine]

2. Gore is hugely admired by Gov. Dean

I imagine he can participate at whatever level he wishes. There are many who want him as a candisate in 08, just as many who like him as a motivating force.

[madfloridian]

17. Yes, and the staff shows that.

Here are 3 top DFA staffers at this time. Also remember Roy Neel before he left after the campaign ended was Gore's manager.

Laura Gross, DFA Communications Director
"After spending the past four years in the public relations department at NPR, I am excited to be returning to politics. While working at NPR, I had the advantage of being inside a newsroom - working closely with reporters, editors and producers - and now I am glad to bring my insider's knowledge to DFA. Before NPR, I worked for the Clinton administration in the press office at the U.S. Agency for International Development. I was an advance person for the 1996 Clinton-Gore campaign and The White House. "

Tom McMahon, Executive Director of DFA
"Tom McMahon worked in the Clinton Administration between 1993-1999. He served as the Deputy Director of Advance in the White House, and as a public affairs specialist at the Department of Defense. A regional field director in Missouri for Clinton/Gore 1992, McMahon was also involved with the Clinton and Gore campaigns of 1996 and 2000. "

Tom Hughes, field political director
"Was Tom was executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party in 1998. He went on to work for Al Gore. Was previously field director for Dean in NH."

This is a great staff, and the others are as well.

[bemildred]

3. Al works for me, if he wants it. nt

[ailsagirl]

4. You mean the guy who really won in 2000??

Knowing what I do about Gore, I would say he's not going to give up the fight-- in whatever way he has to wage it.

God, what a thoroughbred

[lojasmo]

8. Ask me in eighteen months. EOM

[KaryninMiami]

11. There was talk on one of the Sunday morning shows

that Gore might be a candidate for 2008. Can't remember which show it was-- maybe Chris Matthews (?)-- but they seemed to feel that it was a definite possibility. His "kick ass speeches" are who he is- he was just too "handled" by his advisors. I'd be in favor of him making a run for it- but only if he is allowed to be who he is.

[Guaranteed]

12. I agree. He's a very smart- and well-principled- man.

I think he's one of the few who could actually make a good run in 2008.

[mpendragon]

16. as long as we have ethics and decency . . .

I believe we will struggle.

[Lostnote03]

18. Good Question.....

.....My guess is that Al Gore will be a proverbially pain in the ass for the GOP Dung Party.....Both he and Dean know that they represent the teutonic shift in the Dem Party.....

[kodi]

19. Gore, with Dean intend to re-build the party from its grass roots.

The one common thread in the philosophies of both men is that the Democratic Party is at its best when it is responsive to flesh and blood people.

Expect from Dean and Gore active participation and visits throughout the country to rally local party organizations that they can make a difference.

The level of success of Dean as DP chairman will be linked to how well he can build a nation-wide political party that is active in local communities and is responsive to those who show up to help the party.

Once that structure and empowerment is established, both money and manpower will flow and elections wil be easier to win.

This has nothing to do with ideologies, its pure and simple mechanics of re-building an old, worn out political machine and re-tool it for the 21st century.

In this sort of thing, Gore far outstrips Dean as a visionary for truer democracy, but that's okay, Dean is better at the details.

As to Al Gore in all of this?

I think he holds true to the idea that one can help get many good things done if one is willing to let others take the credit for it.

It one of many reasons why I like this guy.

[AlGore-08.com]

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