Al Gore Endorsing Howard Dean?

[Sir Taliesin]

Yeap! I agree. It's a lead up to the Race in 2008. Gore thumbed his nose at the Clintons yesterday and their man Wesley Clark. Apparently he thumbed his nose at several leading Democrats. Charles Rangel being one of them. I understand Rangel is real bent out of shape cause it went down in his district without him being told or his participation. Here in Tennessee many feel he stabed Lieberman in the back. that he at least owed him a phone call on Monday night to tell him he wasn't going to back him.

Ah Democratic politics, ya got to love it!

[Thoran]

The Dems definitely need to get their ducks in a row... they're going to have a hard enough time with Bush as it is, they can't spend half the campaign fighting eachother. I wonder if this isn't Gore's attempt to get people behind the frontrunner. They also need the economy to tank and the war to start going much worse than it is, but they don't have much control over those things.

What do you think, Gore vs. Billary in the '08 primary?

[Timber Loftis]

If you'll remember, the field didn't open up until Gore specifically said he would not run. Gore's long-term career now is acting as a party lead, I think. Clinton could help on this, but he sorta dances to his own tune these days. So, given this is Gore's lot, I think he really wants to pull the party together.

In '08 it'll be Clinton and those stupid enough to challenge her in the primary -- some shlub fall guys. Gore's too smart to try to take her on -- he can't win against her.

I have no respect for Al Gore now. I think he stabbed the Dem party in the back. Why endorse Dean when he could've ran a campaign himself. Setting up for 2008? Why wait? What a loser IMO? He never did get my vote. Hell, I voted Libertarian in the last election. I'll stick to that unless Kerry or Clark make it.

[Timber Loftis]

Originally posted by GForce: I have no respect for Al Gore now. I think he stabbed the Dem party in the back. Why endorse Dean when he could've ran a campaign himself. Setting up for 2008? Why wait? What a loser IMO? He never did get my vote. Hell, I voted Libertarian in the last election. I'll stick to that unless Kerry or Clark make it.

And why not Dean? What good points do Kerry and Clark have that Dean doesn't, if I may ask.

Gore is challenging the party to band together for a change and get behind the candidate most likely to spark "grass roots" fever. He is dead on that Dean is the most likely candidate (except maybe Clark) to scoop up swing votes, and maybe jaded repug votes. Politics as usual in the Dem party will simply result in another lost election.

[Ar-Cunin]

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: In '08 it'll be Clinton and those stupid enough to challenge her in the primary -- some shlub fall guys.

Even if a Demecrat win in '04? Do you think think Hillary will challang a sitting Dem. President?

(or perhaps it'll be Hillary in '12 instead)

[HolyWarrior]

Letterman's "Top ten reasons Owlgore endorsed Howard Dean"

From the December 9 Late Show with David Letterman, the "Top Ten Reasons Al Gore Has Endorsed Howard Dean." Late Show Web site: http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/

10. Thought Dean would give the most dynamic concession speech

9. Howard Dean reminds him of Jimmy Dean who makes them breakfast sausages

8. Only way to counteract freight-train success of Kucinich campaign

7. His support could get Dean popular vote, for what that's worth

6. Judgment clouded by Melana not selecting Adam on "Average Joe"

5. Dean promised to totally be his best friend forever

4. Wants Howard Dean to do for America what he did for Vermont...whatever the hell that was

3. Maybe it was the eleven vodka gimlets

2. The dart hit Dean's name

1. As a doctor, Dean has a legitimate excuse for fondling interns