Boston Globe
1/16/07
Another Chance for Gore..."More and more people are asking, 'What about Al Gore?' " says Steve Grossman, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. "If Al Gore were to announce for president, he would be a first-tier candidate on day one. Instead of it being Hillary and Obama on the covers of the national magazines, you would have three faces there."
The Internet activists would turn cyberspace into a potent fund-raising realm for Gore if he does decide to get in, Grossman predicts.
Publicly, Gore hasn't ruled out running, but neither has he evinced much interest.
But when one friend asked him recently about another campaign, Gore didn't dismiss the question out of hand.
"We'll see how things go," he replied.
Another Democratic source says that in recent weeks,
the former vice president's camp has quietly put out feelers to presidential politicos, asking whether they are committed for 2008.The passage of time has a way of putting things and people in perspective, and six-plus years after he won the national popular vote but lost the presidency by half a whisker in Florida, Gore looks good...
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http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/01/16/another_chance_for_gore/* * * * * * *
Quietly put out feelers to presidential politicos eh?
Now I'm sure we'd all love to know to whom this story refers to as "another Democratic source." :think:
This is about as vague as it gets; though it's fun to speculate while we are waiting for ANY Gore nibble on the Presidential line. :)
Ok, I admit it - I'm fishing too!
GORE 08