Boston Globe: Gore Camp has "Quietly Put Out Feelers" For a Presidential Run in recent weeks

[Warren DeMontague]

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/01/16/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."

For those of us who think he's the obvious, clear choice for 2008, all I can say are two things:

RUN, AL, RUN!

And

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[burythehatchet]

1. .

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Gore could very well...

Make me get excited now.

[Ignacio Upton]

3. If he runs, how will he handle Hillary?

n/t.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. I think no matter if Gore runs or not, Hillary's gonna have real problems getting the nomination.

The corporate media has decided that she's the "front runner"- but how many actual Democrats do you know who are enthusiastically supporting her?

[Ignacio Upton]

9. I'm hoping Gore gets the nod after a brokered convention

That way, he won't emerge from the primaries as a battered candidate. Because, really, if Gore and Hillary attack each other, they will hurt themselves because they both claim the Clinton White House accomplishments as theirs. It will look like a public version of a back-room argument between co-workers.

[mod mom]

15. Excuse my ignorance-but what's a "brokered convention"? You can guarantee

the DLC will not be happy (but of course who the f cares!)

Gore is a populist, and the most experienced to deal with the monumental issue of global warming! He won in 2000 and is way more popular now.

RUN AL RUN!

[Ignacio Upton]

30. Brokered Convention is where the nominee is someone who

Is arbitrarily chosen at the convention, usually if there's a deadlock on the ballots cast, or if there's a clear dissatisfaction with the candidates running. This is how conventions used to work in both parties, until 1972, when the primary voters became the "deciders" of the nomination process, with the convention delegates merely rubber-stamping the primary voters.

[crispini]

37. Is it possible to do that these days?

I thought that many state organizations have laws/rules that prevent their delegates from doing anything other than voting according to the primary vote.

[Warren DeMontague]

43. I'd be greatly surprised if we ever went back to the old way Conventions were handled.

But I suppose you never know.

[Ignacio Upton]

58. Plus it would great for great TV

...Although if it's our party, the MSM will use the "Democrats Divided" heading for their graphics.

[Ignacio Upton]

59. Conventions also have "super-delegates"

And even if a candidate wins enough of a percentage of a state's primary to get delegates, doesn't mean that he will be granted them. Case in point, Lyndon LaRouche won 22% of the vote in the 2000 Arkansas primary and was denied delegates by the DNC. I think this was after Bill Bradley dropped out.

[RestoreGore]

75. Our PAC tried that in 2004- It doesn't happen anymore n/t

[halobeam]

14. by the media deciding this, which IMO, I agree with you on....

they are splitting the dem. primary votes more so. It HELPS her win the nominee, which IMO (again) she would win because of this, and then ultimately lose the pres. election, because she DOESN'T have the support of her own party let alone any republican.

They are throwing her out there, saying it is so...she's the leader for the primary nomination, blah blah, and those who can't stand her, don't want her to run for whatever reason will take their vote to the others...splitting the dem votes ... causing another possible nominee to lose and thus, Hillary becoming the nominee and the next person to lose the white house.

JMO. I know it took ten tries to say what I wanted to, but I have a migraine.. sorry.

[Warren DeMontague]

16. Migrane or no, I think that's a pretty on target analysis.

From the get-go, the folks most excited about a Hillary Nomination have been the Limbaughs and the Hannitys. Go figger. There was an article in the SF Chronicle a couple days ago about how Hillary is the "darling of the left" --- on what planet? Everyone I know in Democratic activism circles is irritated as hell at her neo-con pandering on Iraq. The media will talk about Iraq and her "1993 Health Care debacle" in one breath, as if those are the two "minor problems" facing her nomination.

No. Iraq is a MAJOR problem, and we absolutely need to nominate someone this time around who can approach it from a point of clarity and moral consistency.

[lancdem]

92. Actually, no one I know (outside of DU)

who's a Dem has settled on one candidate. We need to remember, most people aren't political junkies like we are, lol.

[rainy]

99. Wasn't it the same with Kerry? The grassroots were not excited about him.

Great man but no karisma. I think maybe the whole deal is rigged.

[Olney Blue]

4. President Gore, VP Obama, Senate Majority Leader Clinton

[BayCityProgressive]

8. I would like to see him enter

also in repsonse to an earlier post...many of us on DU don't like Hillary..but I can't even count how many people tell me they LOVE her and hope she runs. Hillary is VERY popular with independants and Democrats and even moderate Republicans...just not on the web.

[Warren DeMontague]

45. I'd like a Gore-Feingold ticket, but pretty much Gore-anyone would be okay.

Personally, I think Dick Durbin would make an excellent Senate Majority leader under Pres. Gore.

[John Q. Citizen]

63. Every Democrat I know thinks she's the kiss of death. But I live in Montana,

and we tend to prefer populists to elitists.

I sure do hope that Gore runs.

He opposed the war before it started.
He has endorsed single payer fee for service universal health care.
He knows first hand that elections must be free, fair, open, and transparent
And he's got the best environmental credentials on the planet.
We know he can win, because he already did, and he's more popular now than ever.

Run Al, run!

[Matariki]

53. oooh - I like THAT!

[EVDebs]

62. Edwards Labor Sec, Clark Natn'l Sec Advisor or SecDef etc nt

California here we come ! And on to Denver in '08 !

[Mrs. Overall]

6. Please, Al! Please, oh please, Run!

And when you win, give Dennis an important role in your administration!

[Bolo Boffin]

7. I would be happy to vote for this guy AGAIN! n/t

[kentuck]

10. Familiarity breeds contempt...

The longer Gore waits, the more the contempt will build for the othe candidates already announced and he will be stronger the longer he waits, in my opinion. :)

[kimmerspixelated]

20. Exactly right....

He should wait, or wait until Oscar nite when he wins for best documentary!

[Pastiche423]

34. Oh wow!

That would be perfect!

In his acceptance speech he says, and finally I would like to thank the people that have convinced me to run for president of the United States of America.

Run Al! Please run!

[Pithy Cherub]

94. For the umpteenth time, Gore will not be nominated

for an Acadamey Award as he is NOT in the group of Executive Producers for An Inconvenient Truth. There are no acting categories for documentaries. Gore did not sing or offer an original score. President Gore deserves an INVITATION to the Oscars and he will be Thanked should the Award go to his film. Gore will be interviewed and in the next six weeks there will be parties and campaigns here in California for him to push for the awards. The Oscar nominations will be announced in the am so he should be on all of the shows touting his documentary.

I love Al but an Oscar statue is not in his future...

[KoKo]

51. Yep...the only thing we have to worry about is all those who

definitely DON'T want Gore to run...like many in the Dem establishment and the Media who would love him to run to rip him to shreds but are worried that maybe the PEOPLE won't listen this time and they (the media) will at last be "caught out."

[KoKo]

52. dupe

[crickets]

11. Please, oh please

I understand why he's been quiet about this for so long. I'll understand if he continues to stay out of the ring until the last minute--less time for the inevitable pointless and misleading media evisceration. But I am hoping so much that he eventually states his intention to run. Please run, Al.

[mod mom]

12. I hope Gore's "feelers" check out the comments here, at Huff Po and else where.

All the (progressive are all I know) Dems I know are overwhelmingly in favor of him entering the race. BTW we are the ones who organized and worked the pavement for Kerry/Edwards in '04!

[Junkdrawer]

13. Hang tight Al, it's still too soon...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2940106

[Warren DeMontague]

44. I tend to agree with you. I don't know about waiting until '08, but he could certainly

wait until the 2nd half of this year.

[jaybeat]

78. But what about $$$?

I thought that candidates are announcing earlier and earlier in large part because of the need to line up big donors early; if you wait too long, all the Democratic deep pockets have already committed to someone, and you are SOL. Isn't that what sealed the Repuke nomination for * in 2000? By the time anyone else got going, he was already so far ahead they couldn't catch up. Didn't Elizabeth Dole drop *out* of the race in, like, the summer of '99 because she concluded that she could never win the $ race?

I agree, in principle, that candidates should announce later, and that voters should decide, and not donors. It just doesn't seem like that's how it works.

Announce early, announce late, I don't care--whatever it takes to

WIN, AL, WIN!!!

:yourock: :headbang: :applause: :woohoo: :patriot:

[tridim]

83. Gore will have no money problems, regardless of when he announces.

He could go with 100% citizen support if he wanted and still have the most money to work with.

[Warren DeMontague]

103. I tend to agree. People are using the cash Hillary has stored up as another reason to prematurely

anoint her the nominee.

I think all the $$$ in the world isn't going to make her the nominee if she can't figure out how to take a morally unambiguous stand on Iraq- and frankly, I think it's too late for her to even if she wanted to try.

[malaise]

17. If Gore runs he will win hands down n/t

[HCE SuiGeneris]

18. This man has our best interests at heart.

And the votes behind him to win. When the time is right... Please run! :kick:

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

19. God, I hope so

Every single person I personally know who has any interest in politics whatsoever has said unconditionally that they would back Gore.

So that's 6 votes for Gore! Who will match and raise me?

[LiberalEsto]

21. Hallelujah!

I think he's the best choice to put this country on a decent track.

[halobeam]

22. If the feelers are out, they are no DOUBT reading these threads!

That ought to give them a thrill. Gore for SURE.

[lligrd]

23. Great News

I hope he does decide to run.

[DesertRat]

24. Gore won once, he can win again!

:bounce:

[katsy]

25. YES YES YES...

Does he have an email contact.

Ohhhhhhh PLEASE let this be.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

I'll change my evil ways :evilgrin:

I'll give him my first born... both of them

I'll I'll I'll be out there with bells on working hard to get his message out

give US a second chance President Gore!

[InvisibleTouch]

46. Too funny, that reminds me:

Election day 2000, I remember sitting in my car in the university parking lot and writing out a list of "promises to the Universe" that I would fulfill, if only Gore won. He did win, of course, but got cheated out of taking the job, so I didn't feel obligated to keep those promises either.

Let's give it another try, shall we?

[katsy]

54. If we're lucky...

we'll get that chance.

In another setting in 2000, I was doing much the same as you.

[enigmatic]

26. I hope this is true

We need you, Al.

[northofdenali]

27. Fingers tightly crossed.................

:woohoo:

[kiteinthewind]

28. Oh, Dear God, please let this be true. We need that man!

:bounce:

[Control-Z]

29. I like what I'm hearing.

'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.'

Sounds good to me.

[nam78_two]

31. K&R.nt

[mopinko]

32. put up the bat. got my credit card right here.

re-elect president gore.

[salin]

33. anyone else getting whiplash by the competing messages

we keep receiving per Gore's intentions? Thinking about running. Never going to run again. Putting out feelers. Putting out the message of no intention to run. Like watching a tennis match.

Have to wonder why both messages per his intent keep getting pushed.

[Warren DeMontague]

41. I think there is certainly a group of people in and out of the media, that want to take his name off

the table...

That's why you have the report out of Japan saying he's "definitely not running"; when he said no such thing.

This Boston Globe piece is speculation; nevertheless, it indicates what many of us already know- he would make a great candidate and lots of Democrats want him to run. And if he was considering a run, he's played it perfectly so far. He would have been foolish to announce before now, that's for sure. Soon it will be crunch time, and we'll see if it happens.

[InvisibleTouch]

47. He himself has been pretty consistent about saying...

...he won't run. It's the people around him, and his avid supporters (us!) who keep trying to read between the lines and hope he will. In a way I think we're deluding ourselves, but I can't help but be caught up in that hope too.

[salin]

48. have to admit that I fall into that catagory as well...

I know better (given hisown statements) but want him to run so very much... But am starting to "hear" what he is saying (not running...) This far out I have (in passed elections) tried to stay out of rooting for one person - as so much can change in such a long (political season) time. But this time around I have to admit that my wish to fight for Gore as president supercedes my general approach to primaries. However, it seems that Gore himself, will keep me in line with my approach to primaries (by staying out of the running.)

[RiverStone]

35. The Globe's story has been floating....

...around on several threads for a few days.

We are all waiting for any Gore nibble on the Presidential line!!!!

I must admit, I'm one of those folks fishing as well.

Sure hope we get more tangible evidence of true feelers talking to real strategists and operatives!

[Warren DeMontague]

56. I know. I certainly wouldn't give it more than a 50-50 chance.

But it just would make so much damn sense. Whether he wants to put himself & his family through that again, or if he thinks it's a good idea, that's something else.

[Sacajawea]

36. I'd vote for him again...in a heartbeat!!!! Do it, Al - the country NEEDS you!

[crispini]

38. For everyone who is so enthusiastic about this thread.....

PLEASE CLICK ON MY SIG! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[leeroysphitz]

39. Gore/ Richardson in '08! NT

[in_cog_ni_to]

40. Has he FELT DU?????

I sure as hell hope so!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

He has a TON of support here!

[OhioChick]

42. Please let this be so!

Run Al, run! :)

[annabanana]

49. I always liked him. I fell in love with him during Katrina

He jumped in and personally got involved in saving people. He did the right thing instinctually, without regard for "implications"

[lonestarnot]

50. OMG are you kidding! Oh please say you are not!

[bajamary]

55. re-elect Gore in 08

He's my candidate and I'd work my tail off to see him re-elected.

[FujiZ1]

57. It's the only thing I've wanted politically for the last 8 years.

[Extend a Hand]

60. AL GORE '08

PLEASE RUN AL! is on one of my signs for the march on the 27th

This is great news!
:woohoo: :applause:

[BigBearJohn]

61. Gore is what this country REALLY needs. A true leader with vision and guts.

[John Q. Citizen]

64. Anybody got Al's email address? I want to write him and ask him to run.

Thanks.

[Contrite]

65. Yippee skippy!!!!!

PLEASE RUN, AL!

[JCMach1]

66. I have a dream of him onstage with the Oscar in his hand announcing

he is a candidate! Think about that for newsmaking!

[NYCGirl]

70. Two problems with that:

1) He won't get an Oscar. He may be on stage with the producers (who will get the awards), but he won't be getting a statue.

2) Al Gore has too much respect for Laurie David, Lawrence Bender and the other producers to overshadow their night.

Nice dream, though.

[RestoreGore]

76. Mr. Gore would not be receiving the Oscar

It is the movie and the producers that would be up for any Oscar, and the producers who would go up on stage to accept it. Also, Mr. Gore isn't tackly nor is he that selfish to do something like that, and he would never use this crisis as a cover for political ambitions.

[JCMach1]

90. As I said, a dream...

[fooj]

95. All true.

Can you imagine Al practically knocking over an Ex-Pres to get through a door first like Little Lord Pissypants (behavior one would expect from a child) did at the Clinton Library dedication? ABSOLUTELY NO!

We need a statesman. We need Al. I hope he throws in...

[w4rma]

67. Awesome. (nt)

[Apollo11]

68. It's gotta be Gore !!

I see everything that is going on right now as creating a "Perfect Storm" for Al Gore.

Hillary has been forced to show her hand a full 12 months before the start of the primaries!!

This means people have a full 12 months to ask Hillary about her position on Iraq, and why has she been so supportive of the illegitimate (p)Resident of the Whitehouse these past 5 years ....

People also have time to get tired of Hillary's campaign. What we might call "Hillary fatigue".

The field is getting very crowded and it will be tough for candidates to gain traction.

I like and respect both Obama and (especially) Edwards. But the fact is they are both relatively inexperienced and unqualified if you compare them to Al Gore. Obama has been 2 years in the Senate and Edwards was 6 years (but the last 2 of those he was concentrating on the 2004 campaign).

I respect the fact that Edwards has come clean about the situation in Iraq, and has admitted he was wrong to vote for the IWR. But I respect much MORE the fact that Gore spoke out agains the Bu$h-Cheney-Rumsfeld policy on Iraq from the beginning - in speeches going back to 2002 - insisting on giving the UN inspectors more time to carry out their mission and maintaining a broad international consensus.

There is no hurry for Gore to enter the race for 2008. He is doing a great job raising public awareness about the climate crisis (speaking to more than 12000 people in Boise today!). He is also busy working on his next book "The Assault on Reason" - to be published in May (see article below).

Depending on how things pan out, and the reaction to his forthcoming book, Gore can consider his situation over the summer and announce his decision sometime in the fall.

Unless and until Gore endorses another candidate, we have to assume that he is keeping his options open. So it is too soon for those of us who prefer Gore to switch our allegiance.

The Washington Post -- Sunday, September 17, 2006

Gore's 2008 Plans May Become Clearer After Release of Book

By John F. Harris and Shailagh Murray

Although saying he has no plans to run for president in 2008, former vice president Al Gore has nonetheless left the door ever so slightly ajar. It's a good bet that door will swing open a good bit wider come next May.

That is when Gore is scheduled to publish his next book. With no fanfare, he signed a few weeks ago with Penguin Press to write "The Assault on Reason."

As described by editor Scott Moyers, the book is a meditation on how "the public arena has grown more hostile to reason," and how solving problems such as global warming is impeded by a political culture with a pervasive "unwillingness to let facts drive decisions."

While that may sound abstract, both the subject matter and the timing of the release have an unmistakable subtext. In 2004, Gore cheered liberals when he lashed at President Bush for allegedly falling captive to right-wing special interests and taking flight from "fact-based analysis." If the book strikes a chord, it will produce new momentum for Gore to make another bid for the White House, presumably fueled in large part by anti-Iraq-war Democrats.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/16/AR2006091600877.html

Let's all find ways to show our support for Al Gore!

In Gore We Trust :)
www.algore.com
www.algore.org
www.draftgore.com - Sign the petition!
www.draftgore2008.org
www.patriotsforgore.com

[Left Brain]

82. Hey Apollo?

Could you post those links, especially the one for the petition, in a new thread? One that I and those who are interested could K&R?

[earth mom]

69. Gore 2008!

:woohoo:

[byronius]

71. RRRUUUUNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!

Please, please, please. I'm begging', here.

[helderheid]

72. ..

RRRRRRRRUUUNNN!!!!!!!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[halobeam]

73. k & R

[sellitman]

74. We need Al

No one else is close!

[RestoreGore]

77. Who is the source? n/t

[Left Brain]

79. Oh PLEASE let it be so

[graywarrior]

80. I would hate to give the vote I have waiting for Al to any of the others.

I really love this guy.

[NewJeffCT]

81. great news if it happens - The Clash of the Titans

We can label the primary showdowns between Gore, Clinton, Obama, Richardson, Biden and others as "The Clash of the Titans."

What can we call the Republics? (Remember, in 1991 when Bush Sr was at 90% popularity, they called the Democrats "the Seven Dwarfs")
Maybe, 'The Clash of the Smurfs'

[keepCAblue]

84. k & r ..... let's get this thread to FIVE stars

Run, Al, run!!!!!

[ourbluenation]

85. dear god let it be so. Gore/Clark 08 n/t

[onecent]

86. Please let it happen. We need Al Gore.

[azmouse]

87. I would happily support Gore for re-election!

Go Al!!! :)

[garybeck]

88. Interesting Al Gore ANAGRAM

Al Gore = GO REAL

[Vidar]

89. Here's hoping again.

[mistertrickster]

91. RE-ELECT GORE. Hell, he already WON once. Don't tell me he's

"unelectable."

[StudentDUer]

93. I think it'd be a mistake for him to run

I think he's much more effective on the global warming issue; and this election would turn into the DLC fighting itself rather than a broad spectrum of views debating in front of the public

[otohara]

96. Happy Dance

:headbang: :woohoo: :headbang:

[PreacherCasey]

97. Run Al, run! PLEASE! eom

[ClayZ]

98. Another "Kick" for good measure!

:kick:

[Freeusfromthechurch]

100. He has my vote

[AbbyR]

101. From your mouth to Al's ears...

I've read the whole thread, and I have a question - Can anyone think of ANY way the media can be kept from tearing him apart? I am so sick of my job (I'm a news writer/editor for a small paper) that I'm going back to teaching. Talk about out of the frying pan...

[Uncle Joe]

102. Please run Al Gore, we need you!

Thanks for the thread impeachdubya