Anyone interested in working on Draft Gore -- meeting in Ann Arbor this Sunday

[SharonRB]

February 18 from 2-5:30 at the Ann Arbor District Library at Fifth and William.

Groups are being formed around the state. The SE MI group, the Washtenaw group and the Lansing area group will be meeting together once a month -- rotating locations. This is the first joint meeting.

An FEC filing for Volunteers to Draft Al Gore for 2008 has already been made. Among other things, we will be discussing plans for the state convention on the 24th at Cobo to get the word out.

[adadem]

1. Anyone going from Grand Rapids?

I may be able to come.

[gasperc]

2. Way to keep at it

is there a sense among the Draft Gore people that Clinton, Edwards or Obama will peter out early?

[SharonRB]

3. I don't know yet,

but they do say they'll be surprised if he doesn't run.

[gasperc]

5. with Clinton unwilling admit IWR mistake

my favorite Edwards fumbling and Obama rising fast and could hit a wall although I love what he has to say, it may make for a perfect storm and give Gore his opening.
Maybe he's predicted this, Rove(of all f'in people) made an interesting point that alot of candidates may wear out their welcome with the season starting so early. Clearly the country can't stand Bush and is yearning for a new President. We'll see if someone pops out of the second tier, Vilsac? Richardson? Obama's audiences have been huge and inspiring.

Clinton is starting to get fiercer and fiercer criticism about her response to the IWR. It was a set up vote. Maybe the GOP would have crushed us in 2002 but we would have demolished them in 2004 instead of 2006. That is the uncertainty of war, fearful of huge caches of WMD being found in Iraq and DEMS being castigated for years, etc. Clinton is in a box now, and if she doesn't admit the mistake soon, the democratic public will grow tired of her nuanced answer. She is right about one thing and that's it's important to keep tying the mess in Iraq on Bush's decision but that doesn't absolve her vote.
She can still say that I made my decision on the data provided by the White House, that data has since been shown to be cherry picked and inaccurate. I relied too much on this information, I did not heed the warnings by the critics and that was wrong, it was a mistake. Her response that knowing what I know now, I wouldn't have voted for IWR just won't fly. Everybody knows she is stopping short. The electorate wants a politician that will make the best decision that they can but if they make a mistake admit it and take corrective action. Bush hasn't done that and that's one of the key things that is pissing off the electorate to no end. He won't admit invading Iraq was a mistake, they know he won't and worse he has barely changed any of the war's tactics in the last 4 frickin years. THE ELECTORATE DOES NOT WANT ANOTHER BULL HEADED PRESIDENT. IT AIN'T FRICKIN ROCKET SCIENCE.

[SharonRB]

6. I agree they may all peter out by starting so early

If Gore doesn't run, I think Richardson may be the dark horse candidate. If I were Richardson (or Vilsac, for that matter), I would stay below the radar for a while and get more active as people start to lose interest in the current top three.

[gasperc]

7. yep

Edwards got the treatment, let's see what happens to Clinton and Obama

[SharonRB]

4. IMPORTANT: TIME HAS BEEN CHANGED

The meeting starts at 3:00, not 2:00.