Rivals fear the slim chance that says Gore may run again

[cal04]

Al Gore will be treading the red carpets of Hollywood on Sunday when he attends the Oscars where his climate change film, An Inconvenient Truth, has been nominated for the best documentary award.

But the man whom many Democrats still insist beat George Bush in 2000, is also keeping a toe-hold on the 2008 presidential contest by refusing to rule out, categorically, making another bid for the White House.

When asked — as he is frequently — whether he will stand again, Mr Gore professes exasperation before saying: “I can’t foresee circumstances in which I would.”

This is a similar form of words to those repeatedly used by Michael Heseltine to defuse speculation that he was planning to challenge Margaret Thatcher for the leadership of the Conservative Party — until he did just that.

Mike Feldman, a long-time friend and adviser to Mr Gore, told The Times: “Anybody who knows Al Gore will tell you that he is already involved in a campaign against global warming — and that is the only campaign he is involved in. But it’s right to say he has not closed the door (on the presidency) entirely. He is 58 years old and is not willing to do that just yet.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1421338.ece

[pocoloco]

1. As well they should!!

[boobooday]

2. I like the new Al Gore

Better than the one who ran last time.

I think he has the potential to be a major ass kicker.

[billbuckhead]

4. Better than the one that won last time

Gore would be one of our very best choices.

[boobooday]

6. I stand corrected!

Elected to two terms . . . perhaps if he ran and won, we could tack that first term he won on to the end of the first one he serves . . .

:hi: :patriot:

[cyr330]

8. I absolutely agree!

I like Gore much, much more than I did when he won the WH in 2000. He would be my top choice, and I never thought I would say that. . .

[kster]

7. Gore was an ass-kicker

in 2000, its just that WE let him down, when WE did not fight with him to get all the votes counted, Gore was outnumbered because WE did not join his fight to get OUR votes counted.

[boobooday]

10. True

I think it was a case of election shock and awe. Many people still had faith in the system, but it looks like the citzenry is a little more awake now.

[DKRC]

3. Keeping my fingers crossed that he'll step up nt

[Faryn Balyncd]

5. Gore/Clark would blow any GOP candidate away............

[w4rma]

9. Yes they would. (nt)

[cal04]

11. from the Note today

Making it tougher still to break in: the media's obsession with the man who would make the Big 6 the Big 7. Basically, the political press wants to tempt Al Gore into the race, and then they will destroy him as a flip-flopping, exaggerating, stiff loser. And Gore knows this.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238&page=1