Rerun: Gore in 2004

CNSNews.com ^ | 1/07/02 | Susan Jones

[kattracks]

CNSNews.com) - Democrat Al Gore "has let it be known around town" that he'll run for president again in 2004, according to Fortune Magazine.

The magazine, quoting the "buzz" among Washington, D.C. lobbyists, says the two leading candidates for the 2004 presidential nomination are Gore and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. As for Gore, "The decision has been made," according to Fortune reporter Jeffrey Birnbaum.

The report says Gore may seek Sen. Joe Lieberman as his running mate again, although some think Lieberman may have presidential ambitions of his own.

On Daschle's anticipated run for the presidency, Fortune reports that his opening salvo was his economic speech on Friday in Washington.

The magazine says the ascendancy of Gore and Daschle relegates Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of N.C. "to the second tier of Democratic hopefuls." Stay tuned.

[glc1173@aol.com]

"The magazine says the ascendancy of Gore and Daschle relegates Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of N.C. "to the second tier of Democratic hopefuls."" (CNSCom)

The looney left and the looney left.

John Edwards - in his only time in office - has established a voting record congruent to Ted Kennedy. He got elected for his (so far) only time because nobody knew what he stood for - being that he had neither a prior voting record nor any body of political speeches to look through.

Algore's problem was the opposite; absurd econazi book, other looney-left speeches and writings, and totally-looney-left history in the Klintons/Gore Regime.

Algore in his own words, 1992-2000 - including Earth In The Balance

[Always Right]

Algore's problem was the opposite; absurd econazi book, other looney-left speeches and writings, and totally-looney-left history in the Klintons/Gore Regime.

And despite that, still came within a few votes of becoming president.

[exmoor]

Rerun: Gore in 2004..Isn't this a name of the movie, where Clint Eastwood says RUN GORE RUN?

[goldstategop]

Algore doesn't want to make the mistake of other heavyweight Rats who stayed out in 92' and watched as a third rater named Bill Clinton managed to beat a previously untouchable President once at the height of his popularity happen to him this time around. (If some othe Rat got the presidential nomination and somehow won he'd be kicking his missed chance for the rest of his life). That President was named Bush. The current President is named... Bush and also happens to be at the height of his popularity and Gore figures that well in 2004 history will repeat itself and he will finally achieve his life-long ambition of being President. He's thrown his hat in the ring and the race for the Rat presidential nomination is joined at last.

[backhoe]

And despite that, still came within a few votes of becoming president

Exactly, neighbor- and if Gore is not an "emabler," I don't know who is:

"Has that clinton "legacy" made you feel safer yet?"
Lest Americans ever forget why the clintons, and all their enablers need to be hectored, hounded, and harried into silence, until "clintonese is only spoken in Hell," look here:

The Holiday *Best* of Bill Clinton & his Friends!

-clintonism in one easy lesson--

-"until clintonese is spoken only in Hell!"--

[yoe]

I can't believe this; who would vote for this arrogant man who was second in command of the now admittedly failed Clinton administration? Remember Al Gore and his three circles? America and Americans came in dead last.

[uglybiker]

Sounds like Jessie Jackson already has his slogan!

GO' in FO'! YO!

[chainsaw]

If algore runs in '04', it's because the democrats know he is a loser, and this will leave it open for hitlery in '08'.

[cerberus]

My thoughts exactly. He's a loser and they know it. They'll let him run rather than waste what they consider a "credible" contender.

[Rudder]

On Daschle's anticipated run for the presidency, Fortune reports that his opening salvo was his economic speech on Friday...

Daschle's opening salvo shot himself in the foot.

[AquariusStar22]

Oh PLEASE run Mr. Gore. I want so badly to be able to vote for you. As you know every vote counts and mine could be the deciding one in your future victory in 2004.

Sincerely,

DisEnfranchised FloriDUH voter

PS I think I finally got that screwy ballot figured out! Your name's at the top, right?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The one thing positive I can say about Al Gore is that he had a very quiet 2001 unlike his ex-boss. Other than growing a beard, gaining a few pounds, and a stint at teaching the one-time Presidential thief has been a model loser.

[PJ-Comix]

Gore, Daschle, and Edwards---All shmoes who will fall to the Hillary machine. Haven't they gotten a clue as to this yet?

[Straight Vermonter]

We don't need a return to the bad old days.

[Florie]

With the option of Gore running again, my stomach turns into a knot. We sure don't want to go through what we did last election. I hope and pray that by the time the election of 2004 comes they have state of the art voting machines. That they watch college students who boasted of voting twice and was allowed to. That they don't go in as dead people or as animals or that they don't recruit retarded people or criminals. That the registration of all voters are legitimate and they check it out methodically. That they straighten out how the military votes and allow them to. That they watch Illinois like a hawk with the corrupt politicians there who don't bat an eye at voting irregularities.

[Izzy Dunne]

I hope and pray that by the time the election of 2004 comes they have state of the art voting machines.

Heck, I'm just hoping for state-of-the-art voters...

[wai-ming]

Gore or Daschle in 2004?

Don't let them fool you. It's all a ploy to get Hillary on the ticket. There'll be plenty of trial balloons for pseudo-candidates, but in the end she'll come in "save" the party. Who else can energize the liberal left?

She's laying low for now, but I wouldn't be surprised if she and her team are cooking something up behind the scenes. We must be ever vigilant.

[dubyajames]

Gore definitely wants a rematch, but will he run if Bush looks solid in 2004? I dunno. That would violate the Nixon precedent. But then again, in 1992 all the big names stayed out and let Bill Clinton win the nomination and the election. If Gore doesn't get into the mix early, he might lose his front-runner status to Daschle or an unknown like Edwards.

[AquariusStar22]

My personal opinion is that Mr. Moneybags for the Democratic Party aka Clinton isn't going to give the okay to a Gore run. Clinton and Gore now hold a grudge against one another and unless Gore is willing to publicly grovel to his old boss he won't get any help from the national party. Clinton is going to have the final say and the successor to his crown is going to have to acknowledge Clinton as the real power behind the scenes.

I don't believe Gore has enough grassroots support from lowlevel Dems to make it on his own.

That said: My hope is that Gore does run because it is a distraction to other hopefuls such as the "charismatic and shallow" (shades of Clinton) Edwards and the dour Kerry who might not get enough traction in their bid for the nomination with Gore's presence in the race.

If Gore runs the country will not see a replay of 2000. Bush is going to be far more formidable and daunting as a candidate than the man Gore faced and lost to the first time. Whereas, Gore has used up much political capital and reputation in his last failed bid.

Bush would win hands down against him. T

[Joe Brower]

The Gorebot, Dasshole, Hitlery... who cares?

Bring 'em on.

[wny]

This is great news. Bush will crush Gore next time.

[johnny7]

Gore, Lieberman and Daschle will not be backed by the DNC.

It will come down to Kerry, Edwards and Clinton.

Kerry is not very bright. Edwards is the one they want.

But don't bet against Clinton.

[Dog Gone]

Oh, please run Al Gore again. He never will have a better chance of winning than he did in 2000. He's stiff, boring, and he worked hard to exclude ballots cast by the military.

Yes, yes. I still have my Sore Loserman signs in my garage. I'd love to dust them off.

[glc1173@aol.com]

"If algore runs in '04', it's because the democrats know he is a loser, and this will leave it open for hitlery in '08'."

Hitlery's only way of ever being the Democreep nominee will be the Mondale way - as a throwaway.

The Democreeps saw that - with region having replaced race as the defining chasm of American politics - Algore was unmarketable to European-Americans outside of the Northeast and urban Midwest; would Hitlery even imaginably be marketable to nonminority voters in the South or non-urban Midwest or Mountain States?

[ken5050]

If the consensus among dems is that W. can't be beat...then Gore may get the nomnation by default....a modern day Adlai Stevenson..

[Zoey]

Al Gore, the man who didn't want our military to vote. He better not start to campaign while we're still at war.

[Great Wombat]

You are correct. The Democrats are unlikely to run someone who has already lost to Bush again. Even if Bush commits some catastrophic error and ruins the country somehow, there is NO advantage to the Dems to put Gore up against him. The obligation to run the VP as if he were a reasonable person to be president (out of party loyalty) is no longer there. There is no way a non-flaky candidate would have lost to Bush--Bush was marginalised by the press as a moron and Gore was championed the media as the obvious winner.

Gore, had he been a half-normal candidate, should have won two to one over Bush. Though Gore seems to have had more popular votes, there is NO WAY he would have covered a reasonable point spread. He had EVERY advantage, his sole weak spot was himself. A large number of people voted for Ralph Nader INSTEAD of Gore. What kind of person loses significant numbers votes to NADER?

The democrats have other candidates that, come next year, are going to be much more viable than Gore, even if they can't win either. I worry that Hillary may be one of them.

[SUSSA]

As long as Bush's positives are over 65%, these stories will float out. Hillary will not run in 2004 if she thinks she can't beat Bush. If his favorables drop below 65% she will be the nominee. If not she will run in 2008.

The Clinton machine was preparing for her run before the last election was over. The only question is will she run in 2004 or 2008.

She prefers 2004 because she wants to have a Bush - Clinton - Clinton - Bush - Clinton - Clinton legacy of succession. There is no way Gore will get the nomination again. Edwards wants to be Hillary's VP. Daschle and Kerry are throwaways incase Hillary doesn't run in 2004. They can run and still hold their Senate seats, pocketing millions in unspent campaign money and pushing their agenda.

Hillary can have the nomination any time she wants it. She is just waiting to see which year is best for her.

[Mr. Buzzcut]

Rerun

[a_witness]

Democrat Al Gore "has let it be known around town" that he'll run for president again in 2004,

Good, it will be better this way as President Bush easily defeats Gore/Lieberman for a second term.

[rejoicing]

Oh, my gosh! This could be really fun to watch. The primary might be verrrrrrrrrrrrrry interesting. It might be interesting to see cannibalism practiced by the democrats.

[Florie]

I hope and pray that by the time the election of 2004 comes they have state of the art voting machines.

Heck, I'm just hoping for state-of-the-art voters...

LOL. -

[rintense]

Bring it on, Algore!

[jalisco555]

a modern day Adlai Stevenson..

You nailed it. I think the Stevenson comparison is very apt. Remember what happened the election after Adlai's second attempt. The choice of Bush's running mate in '04 will be crucial (I doubt it will be Cheney).

[Florie]

Yours and the others' comments are Comforting Words. My thought was that the only way Gore COULD win was by chicanery and lies. He has expertise in that field only. GO BUSH -

[jalisco555]

Daschle and Kerry are throwaways incase Hillary doesn't run in 2004. They can run and still hold their Senate seats,

Daschle is up for reelection in '04. I don't think SD law allows simultaneously running for two offices (unlike CT and TX) but I could be wrong about that.

[butter pecan fan]

I hope Gore and Daschle chew each other up.

[SUSSA]

You may be right. I thought it did, but I'm not sure. If he can't run for both, he won't run for president. He might run with Hillary and take a chance on being VP.

[cynicom]

The backroom dems got burned with that type of affair long ago with Stevenson, he was a born loser both times and dem power brokers are not foolish enough to try it twice.

The only way it might happen is that if they consider Bush to be a shoo in, they will pay lip service and let hapless Gore stumble thru another one.

[CedarDave]

Bumper sticker seen on liberal gal's car in Albuquerque last week:

RE-ELECT GORE IN 04!

[hflynn]

The magazine says the ascendancy of Gore and Daschle relegates Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of N.C. "to the second tier of Democratic hopefuls." Stay tuned.

The ascendancy of Al Gore? Right, he has ascended so high he is still below the radar screen. Stay tuned? Right, for the Wicked Witch of the East to enter the fray.

[Argh]

What with Daschle, Liebermann, and Hillary!, that would make the Democratic field "Gore, the Bore, the Snore, and the Whore".

[Rebelbase]

"Gore, the Bore, the Snore, and the Whore". "

ROTF!!!!

[Charles Martel]

Don't let them fool you. It's all a ploy to get Hillary on the ticket. There'll be plenty of trial balloons for pseudo-candidates, but in the end she'll come in "save" the party. Who else can energize the liberal left?

She's laying low for now, but I wouldn't be surprised if she and her team are cooking something up behind the scenes. We must be ever vigilant.

Do you suppose that Rolling Stone will put Hillary on the cover with an airbrushed "package"? I know, I know... Spy magazine has already done it. ;-)

[jrlc]

Mullah Ali'Gore-ah with his regulation UBL beard -- won't these guys ever just GO AWAY ???? Must be really frustrating to HELL-ary -- she must hate that the Rats don't just concede the nomination to her. GO, MULLAH ALI'GORE-AH, GO (and don't stop until you get to Kabul)!!!

[MotleyGirl70]

Algore just announced that his running mate for the 2004 presidency is:

Dingle Norwood

[chainsaw]

I worry that Hillary may be one of them.

No need to worry, I think the American people are fed up with the Clinton crime and corruption.

[Great Wombat]

Didn't the American people elect her to the US senate a while ago? I don't follow American news very well from here. I thought she got elected to some such position by New Yorkers. I don't normally associate NY with particularly flaky politicians (Massachusetts and even California, yes) but I suppose anyone can have an off day. Maybe New York is not so sane after all. At any rate, it would seem that not quite ALL Americans have had enough of the Clintons.

All the same, you are likely right in saying that if you mean that she could not really win a national election. I doubt she could even win the Dem. primary (if she were to run). I doubt Gore will either.