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January 24, 2007
Rolling Stone: "Run, Al, Run"
Rolling Stone has a very interesting article on why Al Gore should run again for president.
If the Democrats were going to sit down and construct the perfect candidate for 2008, they'd be hard-pressed to improve on Gore. Unlike Hillary Clinton, he has no controversial vote on Iraq to defend. Unlike Barack Obama and John Edwards, he has extensive experience in both the Senate and the White House. He has put aside his wooden, policy-wonk demeanor to emerge as the Bush administration's most eloquent critic. And thanks to An Inconvenient Truth, Gore is not only the most impassioned leader on the most urgent crisis facing the planet, he's also a Hollywood celebrity, the star of the third-highest-grossing documentary of all time."He's perceived very differently now than he was six years ago," says Frank Luntz, the Republican consultant who advised George W. Bush to dispute global warming during the 2000 and 2004 elections. "He's an icon. Imagine that: Al Gore, Mr. Straight and Narrow, Mr. Dull on Wheels -- now he's culturally cool."
Indeed, Gore is unique among the increasingly crowded field of Democratic contenders. He has the buzz to beat Obama, the substance to supplant Hillary, and enough stature to enter the race late in the game and still raise the millions needed to mount a successful campaign. "Very few people who run for president can just step in when they want, with a superstar, titanic presence," says James Carville, the dean of Democratic strategists. "But Gore clearly is one of those. He's going to run, and he's going to be formidable. If he didn't run, I'd be shocked."
I won't lie...I'm a HUGE Al Gore fan and as I've said before if the man he is today ran in 2000 Bush wouldn't have been able to tweak Florida in his favor, because Gore would have won by such a great margin it wouldn't have mattered that Bush and his Daddy's buddies stole Florida.
I will also admit now that I'm torn. On the one hand the idea of Al Gore as president makes me giddy! On the other he is doing such great work now for the environment that perhaps he's found his calling there. Then again maybe he could do so much more work for the environment as President. Regardless he'd be a great candidate!
Will he run? I don't know, but if he does I think he's more than worth a second look!
Found via Rolling Stone.
Posted by Dianne at January 24, 2007 7:04 PM
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I totally concur! I vote Gore in a heartbeat before anyone else.
Posted by: Moni at January 25, 2007 12:09 PM