No and why would it jack

To my shame, I didn’t vote for Al Gore in 2000. In fact, I didn’t vote at all because I thought it was a choice between Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. I had no idea Tweedle Dum would turn out to be so, well, dumb. If I could get a do-over, I would move to Florida and vote 900 times for Al Gore.

Ed Reed
Port Aransas, TX

Then we’d have to worry about who will be the V.P. and that will start another earthquake within the party with Hillary and Obama supporters focused more on the V.P. than the President. Seems a bit backwards to me. I feel like either way, approximately half of the Democratic party is going to be disappointed with the candidate. So let’s focus on who is electable. That might just be Gore.

Jessica
Lexington, KY

Yes. He’s smart, He’s politically savvy, he’s rested, he’s ready. Plus, Anything is better than these two lunkheads. Obama has no experience and he’s a racist. Hillary is too polarizing. Gore-Bloomberg. That’s The Ticket.

Mike, from Staten Island, New York

Jack,
This would be interesting considering Gore has no delegates! I am pretty certain that a Gore/Obama ticket would rock the nation!

Jack that would be AWFUL! If the superdelegates deprive the candidate with the most delegates of the nomination (Obama), I will most certainly vote for McCain in 2008.

If they add insult to injury by nominating someone that NOBODY voted for this election cycle, I will likely not vote for a Democrat the rest of my adult life.

Independant in Miami

Jack, this is the kind of rhetoric that damages the process, let the process work. Leave it alone, don’t make it out to be bad. Lots of others countries would love to have the chance to go through an election process like this. All that is happening here is real choices based on a process we all agreed on. Now whether some of us were not paying attention when the process was agreed on is irrelevant, it’s a done deal.
Sure there may be some bugs in the system, time will work them out. You cannot demand to know now what will happen just to incite bloggers!
To answer your question, it’s irrelevant, not going to happen! Your variables are way out there.

What a breath of fresh air that would be! If there is any way in the world for this to happen, let’s do it!! Hillary and Obama are both unelectable as it is - having either Gore, or John Edwards, as nominee is our only hope now of beating Mccain.

But I am suspicious here: would the media turn on him by Labor Day? Would they be leading us down the garden path again? The way they have turned on the Clintons is instructive here; would it be the same for President Gore? (He was elected, by the way, in 2000.) Does he know the attacks would begin immediately, and this is why he did not run??

Mahoney is an another example of why Florida still cannot get their acts together. We have a nasty problems that is compounded by the inability of Florida to stick to the rules and the congressman is telling us that since their illegal votes will not count, then the votes of those law abiding citizens who thronged to the polls to make a statement should be tossed. It is irresponsible and to come from a congressman leaves me wondering if, with minds like his we actually need a congress.

It would be good for the Democrats in that there is no way McCain could possibly beat him. On the other hand, it would just be another example of how messed up the party is that they need to beg someone who wasn’t running the first place to take over because their two candidates aren’t cutting it. Weighing those two opinions, I’d say this is one of those times when cutting your losses and starting over would be the way to go. Possible other option; John Edwards. Unlike Gore, he actually wants to be a candidate right now. This will probably never happen if only because the party does not want to go through Clinton-Obama again in 2012.

No it would not be a good thing for the democratics. After all this time we are given a candidate that no one voted on, where is the democracy? I respect and admire Al Gore, but to come out of left field, no campaigning, no money spent or raised to campaign, no one voted for him, and then be on top of the ticket. NO WAY IS THIS GOOD!!! None of us needed to vote if the democratic party was going to give it to AL Gore.

No, it would be a huge mistake. But I think VP Gore will step in and endorse Barack Obama soon.

How does Gore get troops out of Iraq? How does he fix our economy? What does he want to do with health care? Exactly, we don’t know? And we want to hand him the nomination at the convention? I don’t think so!

-Efren
Phoenix

Well, it should have Gore/Edwards in 2000. I don’t know if it should be Gore now. Maybe Gore/Obama or a Gore/Edwards ticket would be nice. At least we know that our Nation would lead in creating “Green Jobs” & that our Nation would finally have Universal Health Care as well.
Patricia
Palmdale, Ca.

Gore would be a strong canidate,however unlikely.

Hillary & Brack supporters are acting really stupidly. I have seldom seen two canidatea with less policy diffrences than these two. Yet some idiots are saying that if one wins that they will not vote for the other. Apparently these people are more committed to predjudice and personality than to issues.

Get on board - support the Dream Ticket. Or of course you can support McCain who has become the reicarnation of king George, or waste your vote on Raph Nader.

I have the highest respect for VP Gore, however I do not believe that it should be the corner that this democracy turns. With either Clinton or Obama the voices of a free people will have been heard when all primaries are finished. That is what is truly important — the voice and vote of the people — not the good of any particular party.

I think Gore could have won the nomination outright if he had run, so yes, this would be a good thing.

The split between Obama and Clinton has become so acrimonious, if either won the nomination at least half the Democrats would be turned off.

Gore could unite the Democrats entirely and assume the presidency he won in 2000 but was negated by dirty Rove-arian tricks in Florida.

Tosha- Atlanta, GA

Jack I am a big fan of Al Gore, but no one voted for him during this primary cyle. This would not be the democratic way and voters will feel slighted. It would appear that the higher ups are pulling all the strings and ignoring the will of the people.

Great idea! Gore is also an Academy Award winner - just to add some sparkle. He certainly deserves it since he was robbed in 2000. Hillary has lots of baggage and Obama is turning out to be “damaged goods.” Sounds like the best idea yet!

C’mon Jack, you know Gore isn’t going to run for the White House. I can’t imagine anything that would make people madder than the superdelegates overturning Obama’s popular vote victory - except for another candidate who received zero votes taking the nomination.

Brian
Idaho

I think Obama would benefit the most from having someone like Al Gore or John Edwards on his ticket. That might even convince those who have sided with Hillary to reconsider their vote come November. I’d still prefer to have Obama on top of that ticket though.

that’s rubish!!!!!…people are not voting for Gore in the primaries and obviously he has not been working hard like this candidates..so he doesn’t deserve anything.

That’s just stupid. No one runs a campaign for 2 years to give the top spot to someone who wasn’t running.

Woody

Tucson, AZ

How about someone as unexpected as Judas erm I mean Gov. Richardson.
He would fit right in with most peoples perception of our current crop of politicians.

Jack,
Al Gore should be the one running for president!! He is the one true person that will save our country from doom!!

I’m a Clinton supporter, and in a heart beat I would give my vote to Gore!!

Please somehow convince him to run — all this BS going on between Clinton and Obama is getting petty and ridiculous - and is really deterring me from trusting any one of them to be my president.

I’ve signed many petitions asking Gore to run for president!! It would be dream come true if he was at the top of the ticket!! Gore-Clinton!!

I still have faith!!

Isn’t reality bad enough without adding Gore fiction to it? Won’t happen. Gore doesn’t want to do it and has made that clear. Obama has made it clear he must be number one or he’s going home and taking his delegates with him. Hillary and Bill have their own internal struggle since both want to be on top of the ticket; forget about number two. Plus, the Clintons like Gore almost as much as they like Bill Richardson. You’d be better off pairing Gore with Kerry.

The Democratic circular firing squad will continue until the very end. Duck!!!

Gore would be a fantastic president—-he was robbed when he ran last time. We wouldn’t be in the mess we are in but for the hanging chad controversy. Just like Hillary, Gore has experience, is intelligent and has enormous respect in the world. Just like Gore, if Florida votes don’t count another great leader will be robbed of the presidency. And I am not talking about Obama!

I think it would be a big mistake for the superdelegates to decide on any other than the leading candidate. Why bother having a primary if the candidates are going to be dictated by party cronies? It would essentially be disenfranchising all the voters who participated so far. After all her squawking about disenfranchisement of mich. & fla. Clinton can not possibly justify accepting any solution other than majority rule! She needs to take responsibility for the role people in her campaign played in establishing the penalties for early voting states, as well as her comment that their votes just shouldn’t count, Of course that was before super tuesday (back when she expected to win).

The Fox types would have a field day with a back-room deal to put Gore at the top of the Dem ticket. Sean Hannity would have to change his pants in between telling his audience that this is proof of Democrats hating America, though he’d repeat that garbage even if Reagan was resurrected and decided to run as a Democrat.

Since having the election stolen from him by our highest court, Gore hasn’t made a misstep. Every time Bush has made a mistake, you could go to the videotape and listen to Gore say what should have been done, and why Bush is about to make the wrong decision.

After the immediate backlash against the party, in comparing Gore to Humphrey of 68, or Carter of 80, Americans will listen to him and decide he was the right man in 2000, and he’d be the right man now.

This congressman should have his head examined.
This would be an insult of all insults, and I love Al Gore, but he did not go thru a grueling primary like Barack and Hillary.
Maybe he can be the vice president, but not the president.

As far as Obama and Clinton, Hillary is not only done, but has also forever ruined the Clinton name with her deceptions, lies and secrecy.

This is what I have been saying all along…. We need Al Gore to win back the White House…. Clinton/Obama has split the country and I don’t thnk either can win… Al Gore for President!!!

You always support Obama and you have never seen anything wrong about him. If not for Wolf, nobody will be listening to you. You should stop your anger against Hillary Clinton.

That’s a great idea — Let’s have a candidate for President that NOBODY voted for this year. If Gore is at the top of the ticket after a brokered convention we might as well just hand over the keys to the White House to John McCain and save us all a lot of time and money.

Not that I have anything against Al Gore. Dare I say he deserves to be president and is highly qualified on a plethora of levels. But you just don’t hand over the nomination to someone you like and throw out 18 months of hard campaigning and six months of voters having a say in whom they prefer to be president.

We don’t need a brokered convention - this is a purely Clinton invention. A last ditch effort to get her into the white house. If the roles were reversed and Clinton was ahead in popular vote, states won and delegate count Obama would be yesterdays news and Hillary would be busy with exploratory committes on possible cabinet members.

Jack,

Why not? Then, maybe the Republicans can put Dubya at the top of their ticket. Then, maybe, instead of having an election in November, we could let the Supreme Court decide the presidency again. That way we could forget about letting people vote all together. It would save a lot of time and money.

Jack,
I first heard this idea a month ago and I said no way, but, the fact that The Clinton Party seems hell bent (not sorry Carville) on complete party destruction before they allow Obama to beat them has made me reconsider the thought.
I would still like to see Senator Obama as President , but, a Gore/Obama ticket would go over very well and “Camp Hillarious” would then get everything that they have earned through their conduct during this campaign.
No body knows the Clintons like Al Gore knows the Clintons and he would never allow a Clinton to be on his ticket. With Al Gore on the ticket we could at least have the person that served as Vice President in contrast to the Candidate that “misspeaks” about her prowess as First Lady.

Hillary said again today that the pledged delegates can vote for who they want, not who was chosen by the voters. So my question to you Jack is, “Why even have elections?” If the pledged delegates can change their votes why spend millions of dollars and give the American public the false idea that their votes count? Hey, I know - let’s let the Sumpreme Court decide who should be President! It worked so well in 2000.

I love Gore but he did not run this time. Had he run, he would have gotten my vote. Now, Obama will get my vote. What a slap in the face of the American voters if our votes do not count.

No, Gore is not running. He has not been voted by the people. Period!
Obama can run as Independent if he chooses. He doesn’t have to follow the rules of old politics if he wants to change.

NO!

No, Gore entering the race would not be good and cannot imagine him doing it. Believe he cares too much for the Democratic Party to be involved in anything like that, and has had his fill of politics.
He is pursuing a cause he is proud of.
With one candidate continuing to be negative, distort to anything but
the kitchen sink, it is almost impossible for the campaign to go
in a positive direction, as, some of the outlandish comments and
accusations have to be addressed.
If we had two candidates that sincerely cared about the country,
the voters and the Democratic Party there would be no problem.
But, unfortunately, one of the candidates stoop to any level to win,
regardless of the harm she causes.

Wow! What a question? I think it makes sense as the people in this Country would probably be happy with that situation-GORE AND OBAMA would be great but would OBAMA and his followers be Happy ??????????? If something don`t happen soon [like Clinton giving up, which will not happen as she beleives it is her and Bill`s W.H.} there are going to be a lot of angry DEMS. Anything can happen in Politics and probably will! That ball-headed man who speaks for HILLERY is on the news day and night- I cannot wait until he stops talking, I just mute him out! I am still for OBAMA for PRESIDENT!
Barbara from Sebring, Florida!

While former VP Gore would be better than either Clinton or Obama, he has already demonstrated his own lack of electability. Handed a failing economy and unpopular war, a housing crisis, immigration morass, and health care system in collapse, all caused by the Republican party in some manner; the Democrats still insist on throwing the election.

Nope…they will lose the Obama vote even if Obama is VP , most people still wonder why they have allowed Hillary to mud sling for long and Obama bar Wright issues is still coming out clean.

If the Democrats do that, students who have fought for Obama and all the interest in the election from new vote will be puff!!!

Jack: That would be the Democrat’s worse nightmare. It’s counter to common sense, and believe me that concept would only materialize by “chance”, and in politics nothing happens by chance.

This has to be a joke! Isn’t this enough of a mess?
What about the voters? Gore has no place on the ticket. If he want to be president this time he should have run. Hillary will continue to lie cheat and steal but at least she has some votes.

Jack, Gore is great Democrat and great American. Maybe Al is the one who needs to endorse Obama and lead the other uncommitted Superdelegates to do likewise and simply end the negative campaign of Hillary.

Hillary’s latest scandal of “misspeak” in Bosnia and Carville’s shameful attack on Hispanic Governor Ricahardson shows her campaign is at critical mass and has started into it’s meltdown.

Today’s newest Gallup poll shows that Obama has taken the lead over Hillary showing people’s disgust of Hillary and her old politics.

Jack,

Not a chance. However every day that goes by with Hillary and Obama fighting tooth and nail makes John Edwards look better and better. Since he’s been gone he’s looked really good as a candidate. He’s got the experience Clinton boasts of and the message of change Obama preaches for. I’d be ok with an Edwards-led ticket but Gore won’t work for me.

Alex
Waterbury, CT

As much as I admire and respect Al Gore, I don’t think this would be a good thing. Al Gore is like an elder statesmen and involved in global warming. I just don’t think it would be a good idea. I am only interested in Al Gore helping Hillary Clinton to bow out gracefully. We need a new generation of leadership.

A fight at the convention and a turn to Al Gore would show the Democrats don’t have their act together. I like Al Gore and would vote for him like I did in 2000 but Obama has the lead now and should be the nominee. Divisive, do anything Clinton will be out of the race no later than June and the Democrats can move on.

What a great time to be a republican. If a party is so indecisive that they can’t even choose their candidate, how can they run a country?

Jack,
Sorry, no! If Al Gore wanted to be part of this race he should have entered like everyone else and allowed the voters to decide if they want him. I doubt there is any one person, even Al Gore, who is so revered by the American people that they would be willing to cast aside their vote and accept the DNC’s choice without giving the people any say. Al Gore might be a great man but this is a year for change and with the exception being global warming, I don’t see how Gore represents anything but the status quo.

Would that be a good thing for the Democrats? Only if they want to throw away the election. The American public was presented choices in the Democratic caucuses and primaries, and now some Democrats are thinking about completely disregarding the entire nation’s choice for someone not even on the ballot?

What a shameful sidestep of the American electorate this would be. I’m sure there are plenty of Democrats who would happily vote for McCain in the face of such a blatant disregard for public opinion.

I don’t believe that the American voters would take kindly to a third wheel being brought into the race in the last lap.
San Diego, CA

There is no way this would happen. I don’t think the public would allow this to happen. As much as I like Gore, I just don’t think it would be fair to the other candidates. I’m a huge Obama supporter but I think the biggest mistake would be an Obama/Clinton ticket. I would probably vote for it, but it would be tough. I certainly would not vote for a Clinton/Obama ticket.

You are kidding right? Good Lord NO!! Gore is a throw-back to the old days that’s for sure.

The Dems need to stop the infighting…they are eating their own right now and it is disgusting. But, I’m hanging in there because I think America has a once in a lifetime opportunity to elect an amazing president in Obama. Hillary has proven over and over she will do and say anything to win.

I think Clinton’s triangulation theory is alive and well and will probably get McCain elected. The sad thing is they won’t care…if it isn’t Hillary…it won’t be any Democrat.

I am an admirer of Al Gore, and if takes him as a compromise to salvage the Democratic Party I will support that idea. But it will not be “good” for the party - it will be a salvage job of a broken party.

The obvious solution is for HRC to wake up, smell the roses that have died, and start uniting instead of dividing. Too bad that will not happen.
The will of the peope and the rules of the party mean no more to her than to the current administration or the legislatures of Florida and Michigan.

I personally do not think that we should ask Mr. Gore to lose another election.

No, they would loose my vote. While in retrospect, Al Gore may have been a better president than Bush, it is only because he was the lesser of the two evils. If Gore is chosen, I would lose complete interest in the election and probably politics in general. He is just more of the same. It would be no different than if Hillary won the nomination, especially as they were both Vice President.

If Gore were the candidate, I WOULD vote for him. If it’s Clinton, I’d stay home. The party has the opportunity to nominate the finest candidate who has emerged since John Kennedy–a candidate who would make such a huge difference for the country both at home and abroad. What a shame that Hillary is so clearly putting personal ambition ahead of the policies she supposedly cares about. She clearly doesn’t have the good of the party or the people at heart. At least Al Gore does. Judy B.

The Democratic Party is getting more and more divided by the day. What it needs is leadership right now. Howard Dean has allowed this primary to get out of control. Could it end in an Al Gore led ticket? Possibly. Ironic that he would then end up the beneficiary of a brokered ticket that overturned the primary votes, considering the court cases he filed opposing that type of a voting process after the 2000 presidential campaign. Would it appease the democratic core base and reunite the party? Maybe. Would it turn off new voters to the process and independents? Probably. Al Gore is not running, has no platform, has not engaged in debates, etc. for voters to know what he stands for. Can he come up with a platform and sufficient position papers in time for voters to make an informed decision in the November general election? Highly unlikely.

Oh my God, did I wake up this week in Bizarro world? Fake sniper attacks, pledged delegates being stolen, and now Gore for President. Are you kidding me?

I have been saying this for weeks now! I would love for this to happen, and it would be a perfect way to NOT alienate 10% or more of the Democratic base.

I think it would be a hard sell. I also doubt this will go to August. There will be a lot of pressure on Clinton immediately after the last June primary, if she is as far behind as things seem to indicate she will be.

Not happening — If Obama has either the lead in delegate count or popular votes (and barring some really wild event he will have both), the Democratic Party will not risk turning away a new generation of energized voters who have come out just for Obama.

It’s over for Hillary, she’s just too egomaniacal to acknowledge it.

I don’t think t would work, although I like the idea. I also don’t think a Gore/Clinton ticket would fly because they don;t get along and Gore would rightfully fear the Bill and Hillary trying to usurp power.

I think an Obama/Gore ticket would be the best option. It would help unite the party w/o alienating the voters who have given Obama the lead (lets not forget he is winning).

Gore would have to swallow some pride and be VP again. Maybe Obama and Gore could broker a deal to give the VP more responsibility.

Gore is still young enough to run again in 4-8 years. I believe we’ll see him run in 2012 if McCain wins.

Al Gore’s shot at President has come and gone, for better or worse. I would have voted for him had he been campaigning all along, but the idea that I’d go for him inserted at the convention when the whole campaign (and all the voting) has been about Clinton & Obama? Terrible idea and whoever thought of it is quite mistaken I’m afraid

It is a wonderful idea that will be dead on arrival. It will not fly. Neither of these candidates or Al Gore will agree. It is simple as that.

Nuwan from Houston, Texas

Al Gore? Where did he come from? The Democractic party would be ruined if this dumb idea gets passed. What about the millions of people who voted for Sen. Clinton and/or Sen. Obama for President and NOT VP. The Democrats are seriously in another planet if they think people will stand for this mess!!!

Al Gore should have thrown his hat into the arena six months ago it’s too late now. Sen. Clinton should have given up at least a month and a half ago. Get ready for President McCain. I’ll vote for the first person who remembers that Osama Bin Laden needs to answer for 9/11. The current Prez and Vice Prez have forgoten.

No, No, I like Al Gore but for him to come and try and take it away from the Democratic candidates that worked so hard over the past 15 months would be disastrous. He would have to come in as a different party in the General Election for it to be any way fair. We need something new for America, not a 90’s revival, even though he did “invent the internet”.

Anything that stops the foodfight and brings Democrats together is good. Right now the circular firing squad is forming up. it’s only a matter of time before someone gives the order to fire resulting in four more years of Bush.

Personally I like him better than both of them. If Al Gore is on the ticket I will be %100 for him. But I think he should finish this mess by taking side, instead of running. If Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore, and perhaps John Edwards step in and endorse Obama, Hillary will either quit or loose big.

The way to heal is not to throw both of them away, Al Gore is the ace that can end all this.

An Obama-Gore ticket would be a natural choice. However, I highly doubt Gore would want to be VP for the second time.

This is such a silly question as many on CNN have become. You are becoming more and more difficult to watch with Wolf brazenly thumbing his nose at Obama and white washing Hillary.
When is CNN going back to the format where they simply give us the news on the hour and stop this repetition of non-news from the talk shows and the silly folks that bring you that sad “entertainment” you repackage and call “news”. You’re making the Democratic race into a farce, which it is not. It is actually two very good candidates struggling to get their messages across which you are constantly diluting.

With this 6 week break until the Pennsylvania Primary, do these people have nothing else to do but speculate on the ridiculous? Next, they’ll be suggesting it might be Santa Claus and Peter Pan on the ticket. It’s not going to happen!!!! Obama is the best thing for the democrats and whether they realize it now or later….it is just a matter of time!

If Clinton is not ultimately the nominee, a ticket led by Al Gore would certainly be a good thing. Otherwise, I will with a heavy heart be voting for McCain. Obama is just not experienced enough to be president of the United State (yet). I refuse to vote for Obama just because he’s a Democrat or because he makes people feel good. That is far from sufficient given the world we live in.

Jack, a ticket led, by Al Gore and brokered, from what’s left, of democratic party leadership will lead, to race riots across the nation. Obama has the popular vote and delegate lead. Any back room superdelegate deal will lead, to civil unrest and more independent voters.

Jack,
Hillary knows that she can’t win and she is tearing Obama down. Between McCain and Obama, who do you think Bill Clinton will support?
This primary is about the number of pledged delegates not about who is down in polls in Arkansas or Ohio.
Gore knows that Obama has more delegates and will have more than Billary after the primary BUT he wants democrats to see how Clintons operate! Remember, everybody else is JUDAS and Billary is Jesus.

Chantilly, Virginia

It would for this Democrat. If he ran it wouldn’t be all of this bickering, I do know one thing for sure, and that is Clinton doesn’t have a chance of getting the nomination without Florida, and Michigan, and Obama couldn’t win any of the states that he carried before if the elections were held again. Obama has took on way too much baggage lately, enough that the majority will not vote for him, nor Clinton either. It is one thing for sure in my book, and that is if Clinton, or Obama run the Democrats will lose. I for one know they can’t get my vote. I will vote Republican the first time in my life.

Jack, This type of talk only hurts the process. Mr. Gore is not part of this race and should make it clear he is retired from politics. I’m afraid if the pundits don’t step back and allow the primaries to held that the Dem’s will never get it together at the convention…Resulting in a much lower turn out for the general election….Let’s vote then do the math!!!

No. It would still completely disregard the will of the voter. Do the democrats remember ‘the voter’?!? You know those people they’re going to need in November? The candidate with the most elected delegates, the most states won and the most popular votes needs to win the nomination. Otherwise, I and a LOT of others will stay home in November. It’s really that simple.

Jack,

To put it simply, if a Gore/Obama ticket came out of the convention, I would quit my job, break up with my girlfriend, sell my house, give away my dog, put my possessions in storage, move to a swing state, and work tirelessly until election day to ensure that ticket reaches the White House!

Makes a lot more sense than Clinton/Obama or the reverse. However I don’t see Hillary getting into bed (figuratively speaking) with Gore (nor his idea of a match made in heaven); he could agree to a single term only, so as to give a head-start for 2012 to his running-mate, which I think would have to be Obama.

I would vote for a Gore/Clinton ticket.

Nope as I will still back Obama. I would probably be more apt to vote for Gore rather than Clinton though but Obama is my first choice..

Obama 08
Austin Texas

I like Al Gore and I believe he actually won the 2000 election, but I think he can do more good outside of politics now. Having him lead the ticket at this late stage in the game would be to concede that the democratic party is irrevocably fractured. I could care less about Obama’s ex-pastor or Hillary’s exaggerations, I just want to vote in good conscience for the best candidate. I think that if things continue to go downhill, Nader may become relevant again.

Hi Jack,

I think that if the Democratic party really wanted Al Gore in the race again that it would have been pushed many months ago. As much as I like Al Gore, I do not believe he has the ability to bring the Independent and on the fence Republicans out to vote. It is time for Democrats to come together and work towards making sure that John McCain does not take this election from them.

As it stands, Barack Obama has the lead, has the numbers, has the ability to unify the nation and will be the stronger representative for the Democratic Party. Let’s come together and use our strengths to support Sen. Obama fully as the Democratic nominee.

Ugh, no more of the politics of the past. Let’s move towards a strong future.

When Pigs fly. One or the other Clinton or Obama will be the nominee. Mr. Global warming had 8 years to do something while Vice President of this country and did nothing. His household electric bill is over 2000 dollars a month. This guy is about as green as Barney the dinosaur. There is no chance that gore will be the nominee. None at all. Gore is an illusion. Just smoke and mirrors.

hey jack : i like to first say you are amongst the elite news anchors in my book, about the subject in hand , i think al gore’s endorsement or taking a lead part in the democratic party will be one of the most important steps to get red of the (bush/dick) tyranny that took the soles out of peoples hearts and created hate all around the world.

mike
houston, tx

Sounds nice, but it’s fraught with too many practical problems, the least of which is that Mr. Gore hasn’t had to pay the price of admission - for Obama, a bruising fight with the Clinton machine, and for Clinton, a bruise to her ego that people actually like somebody else.

I do think that Gore as a VP on an Obama ticket would be awesome. He would actually be allowed to do something - like spearhead a real global climate initiative, or a change in our healthcare policy. A president Obama would have no problem turning the reins over to somebody so intelligent and competent.

I think if either Gore and/or Edwards want to help out their party, they’ll need to come out with strong endorsements and pleas for unity. Still might not work at this point.

Gore for prez? I think not. However, I do think he may end up repeating as VP for Obama. Imagine actually being able to do his job without a Clinton breathing over his shoulder. Besides, he still wants to be prez one day and if someone else is the sitting VP for 8 years, that person would be the frontrunner in 2016. Obama/Gore in 08

This is just the kind of stuff the media has been doing for over a year. Floating ideas like this is bad enough, but for you to pick up the ball and run with it…you need your coaching staff replaced.
Al Gore should have been in this race…he chose NOT to and that is that. He will not be “selected” to run in the general election….WE are NOT Russia!

The Dems could make it clear to her that if she doesn’t win this for herself, but instead just sets Obama up to lose, then she should not be the nominee.

Unless she can set up a good case for herself going forward, it should be Obama, or, if something happens that causes him to implode or trip down the stairs, it should be Gore or some other third party.

We just can’t have her trying to tear him down all the way ’till June, thinking she’ll win this thing.

Jack, that is sounding better with each passing day. Hillary and Barack have both been plagued with foot in mouth disease lately.

Neither will have enough votes going into the convention and personally I think those dumb super delegates should just stay out of it. Let them cast that first vote for Hillary or Barack and then on the second go for the majorities first choice . . . AL GORE!!

Slow news day?

I think an Obama / Gore ticket makes sense. Apparently he didn’t get too many reps in the Clinton Whitehouse when he was VP as Hillary kept him from doing any of the VP duties. I think though you’d have to give him time enough to devote to making money something he is apparently quite good at now.

Considering he lost the battle against explicit lyrics in music not sure what else he could offer, aside from saving the environment from ourselves and graciously donating the Internet to human kind.

Bill H. Long Island NY

You got to be kidding with the money and time both of the candidates put in on the race. i don’t think you could get a enough Democrats to hold qua-rm, much less get him elected. This would cause a revolt and split the party like no one would believe.

Any democratic ticket which isn’t led by Barrack Obama will virtually destroy the Democratic party. Why are we looking for options? Obama will finish with the highest number of pledged delegates, states won and the popular vote! Isn’t this the true democratic process for the selection of a nominee? Enough already!! If Al Gore wants to prevent the total collapse of the Democratic party he should do the right thing and endorse Obama.

Absoluely not! Al Gore ,the so called creator of the internet ,and the savior of the world from global warming should stay away from politic’s, period!!! He basically was handed the presidentcy from Clinton and blew it, and now we want him back in the game again, I think not! He sent a poor child back to Cuba to show his determination to uphold the constitution, and guess what, the Floridians (Miami Connection Voting Block) handed him a “Bunker Style Defeat Royale” ,not to mention the distain the Floridians still have for the Democratic Party. Finally, his(Gore’s) known disapproval of Hillary is no secret to anyone in political circles, so what’s this fool,Mr Mahoney and the other clowns in Florida’s trying to distort this time? The only ticket they want is their own re-election stamp!!!

Are you serious, after Clinton and Obama Supporters donated millions of dollars and someone would even make this statement. That is so ridiculous. That would hurt the demoncratic process. I would vote Green Party or other before I allow my vote to be taken away by some BIG WIGS.

Why would someone make this dumb stupid idiotic statement????

WHY?????

Jean said it for me…. The poeple not the party…

If things continue so stay this nasty for the next few months it will take something drastic to repair the party. Maybe an OBAMA-GORE ticket would be a winner!

That would be a terrible idea. At least if they choose between Clinton or Obama half the democrats actually voted for them.

If there are already worried about disenfranchising the voters in Florida or Michigan, disenfranchising all of them probably isn’t the best answer.

Forget Barack or Hillary…It SHOULD be Gore / Edwards ‘08 -’12

I am waiting on Al Gore’s endorsement. I am an Obama supporter, but if Gore endorsed Hillary, I would switch in a second. I have always wanted him to run again and my dream ticket has always been Obama-Gore, or Gore-Obama (either way works for me).

Al Gore as president would not only be good for the Democrats, it would be good for the world. But, Jack…it ain’t gonna happen.

I don’t understand why he is being idolized in the Democratic party. This is the man who had Lieberman as his VP candidate and see where that worm has put himself now. The party needs to move into the 21st century…

There is no way that Al Gore should be considered to be anywhere on the Democratic ticket. These two candidates have worked very hard to get to this point, so much so, that they are delirious…not even thinking straight! I think that we should all take a break. That is why it has always been good for The Party to know who the general election candidate was by this time. That is why Florida and Michigan did not even think that their electorial votes mattered. Sen Clinton wants to win, so she is doing and saying what she thinks it takes to do that…Sen Barack is responding to the attacks thrown at him from all directions, and of course, he wants to win also. It saddens me to see politics at its worse. Gore on top of the ticket…it is downright silly to suggest such a thing. Am I missing something? Is the media trying to get the attention off the mudslinging by making a joke out of it all? If so…bravo…bravo…bravissimo…simply brilliant!!!

This has got to be a joke. They are already ripping the party apart by not having the super-delegates come out for the expected winner, Obama. But, now they would float the idea that someone who NO ONE voted for would lead the ticket. Give me a break. Never gonna happen.

Hillary can’t win - do the math! All of you Hillary supporters are hanging on to a sinking ship and bringing the party down with you. I’m not mad at you for hurting Obama, I am made at you for helping to put McCain in the White House by making Obama spar with Hillary because she refuses to do the right thing and drop out.

Hillary, DROP OUT NOW and stop killing you party.

Jack,

This would be bad for the party and I hope it does not happen. However, I would be open to an Obama/Gore ticket.

Yes Jack. I see only an Obama/Gore ticket as being viable. Sen Clinton should be expelled for her divisiveness. She has tried almost everything to get pledged and super delegates to support her. She is too desperate.

Jack,

Coming from someone who has studied these elections since 1996, I have to say, Al Gore as a president is deserved. After being stripped of this in 2000 I believe he could easily handle any problem brought about and change the problems we have into positives. Just hope he chooses Obama.

Jack,
If Hillary Clinton just stopped thinking about herself she would step down now and end all this nonsense!
I don’t know how I would feel with Gore beign the nomminee, when no one voted for him., even though he should have won in 2000. I don’t even know if he’s interested in politics anymore, and why should he be?
Look at the mess the Country is in!

I admire Al Gore, but I’m not convinced this would be the right move for him to step in as a brokered candidate. Far smarter to create a new party, the United Party, with Barack and Gore the the helm. Both of them are big thinkers with lofty, inspiring goals, and those of us who believe that America can have a bright future would be happy to follow them.

Leave Hillary the spoils of the Party she and her husband raped and pillaged. All of her horses and all of her men, will never put the Party back together again.

Al Gore should be the one running for president!! He is the one true person that will save our country from doom!!

I’m a Clinton supporter, and in a heart beat I would give my vote to Gore!!

Al Gore, like Barack Obama, did the right thing by opposing the Iraq war from the beginning.

He would make a good candidate and a good President.

With all of this talk about disenfranchising voters, why would the Democrats put someone on the ticket at their convention that no one voted for?

I do think Al Gore and John Kerry need to get involved to put an end to the division in the democratic party though.

To pull Al Gore out of a hat–after the members of the Party have worked so hard for their own pledged candidates–would be a serious error on the Democratic Parties behalf.

It would be better to just let Clinton and Obama decide on a “coin toss” than bring in another candidate from behind the curtain.

Jack

Even tho Gore got the most popular votes in 2000 he was denied
the White House by George Bush.
Let it play out with the candidates we have now and see if we can
steal one from the Republicans this time.
If we don’t elect either a Woman or a Black this time see me in
another 200 hundred years.
By the way what is a James Carville, is he a fish?

Jerry
Roselle, Illinois

Jack, I think by the time we get to the convention there would be too little time for such a major adjustment as bringing in Al Gore. There hopefully will be a clear leader after all the primaries, even if it’s close, and that is who the super delegates should rally around to go against the Republicans. Then again that may make way to much sense, after all it is the Democratic party!

Gore would be a good thing - if you totally want to destroy the Democrats chances to have a viable candidate against McCain. Can you begin to imagine how disenfranchised all the Democratic primary voters for Obama or Hillary would feel if the top slot went to Gore?

America is ready for a change that we can believe in. Not get the “old Cats” back in the White house. ,with due respect to Mr. Al Gore. Nor do we want oldies who ‘misspeak’. I am counting the number of times the channel airs Mrs. Clinton’s ‘misspoken’ words. I hope it will be aired as many times as Rev. Wright’s words, to be fair. Only then will America finally distinguish the difference between ‘misspoken’ words and something imagiined. Do we want to hear misspoken words at 3 am in the morning.?

Given the gross uncoordination of the democratic party with this election it would not surprise me if they thow in a new candidate.By that time the voters are going to be so sick of it that McCain won’t have to campaign much to win in Nov.

As a point of fact, Florida was stripped of its pledged and super delegates. Rep. Mahoney, as the US Rep for Florida’s 16th congressional district, does not currently enjoy super delegate status - as erroneously indicated by both the article above and the linked article from tcpalm.com.

Having Al Gore enter the Democratic race would be akin to having Dick Cheney compete against John McCain. Both are overweight and have too much baggage to bring along.

Absurd… Are you looking for a civil war, you can’t overturn the peoples choice. I for one will NEVER EVER AGAIN VOTE AGAIN!! (Why bother it wont matter anyway) Is this what America is coming to, we the people have no say in our nominee. So we would have spent all this energy trying to determine who will be the Democratic Nominee to have it overturned. How un-American is that?

A brokered convention would already be disastrous. However, Gore seems to have been running for president ever since he lost the 2000 election, and he’s done it the smart way, swaying both Democrats and Republicans. However, we have yet to hear his views and plans regarding the key issues. Not a bad idea, for a last resort.

I think there would be some question about disenfranchising the primary voters. But since your question is hypothetical then YES! It would be huge - provided Gore had a better running mate than the last time. Clinton, Obama, Bayh, Edwards or Biden added with Gore would be huge

That’s crazy talk. Not gonna happen.

I would love to see Gore involved. Could you imagine if all the greenies and lefties didn’t fall for Nadar’s BS eight years ago? We’d still be in a surplus like Bill left it and we wouldn’t be acting like a spoiled Empire.

Where is the punchline?

No; if people are having problems with the superdelegates deciding between Clinton and Obama to have Gore would be disenfranchising not just Michigan and Florida but the voters across the country. I personally think all the states should have a say in who is the democratic candidate, so I have no problem with waiting until Puerto Rico votes!

Sonoma, CA

Al Gore won once and had no chance because his presidency was stolen by G.W. Bush. Because he also won Florida and Michigan before Howard Dean impose this stupid rules it would be the best if Mr. Gore finally shows who would be our best president. I think everybody is sick and tired of Clinton and Obama and they should simply step down and endorse Oscar winner and most experienced person for president to be - Al Gore.

Everyone was looking for Al Gore to throw his hat in the ring last year, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Gore chose not to run and go in another direction…..fine….I like the guy either way.
However, As little as we may or may not like Clinton or Obama, they have both been running hard fought campaigns from the start…and will to the end. Lets not go giving a free ride to Al Gore….you gotta pay to play in this game.
Howard Dean (Chairman of the DNC) needs to cut the puppet strings and engage Obama and Hillary for the good of the party. Perhaps he should force them both to stop and negative campaigning and focus on themselves…this would solve alot of problems. AND prepare the dems for a winner/looser ticket.

Jack,

This s exactly what my husband said would happen once it became clear that Obama was no longer a viable candidate.

I told him “keep dreaming”, you’ll be voting for Hillary or McCain!

Deb Rudy
Austin, Texas

The dream of Al Gore saving the Democratic Party from collapsing at the almost-inevitable brokered convention is just that, a dream. It is not going to happen ladies and gentlemen. Neither Obama or Hilary, after two years of campaigning, will be willing to step aside for anyone, even Al Gore. Besides, I think it’s clear that Al Gore has realized that he can do more for the good of humanity outside of public office. However, I think the only thing any Al Gore fan can hope for is a place in an Obama or Clinton cabinet. Secretary of State, perhaps?

It would be devastating to democracy! However, our country is far removed from the Athenian style of governing more than 2 thousand years ago and has been replaced by the politics of money. Since more money has been raised by both of these candidates in the history of primaries, the donors of that money would never stand to have their hard earned cash stolen by a man who did not have the courage to try to run on his own merit.

Let the superdelegates do their jobs. Isn’t this one of their function, to be the deciding vote in case of a tie? Everyone is so afraid of disappointing the Clintons and some of them are looking out for their own political careers. It took guts for Richardson to speak out. He’s not a Judas because there’s no saint involved. There is too much at stake in this country and our well being for our political leaders to keep playing polictics as usual. It’s time for this old boy, old buddy system to come down. No more Bush and Clinton leaders. Its time for something new.

We would not have to call it the Democratic party anymore right? I believe the Facist party is still vacant. Can we call it that?

Has anyone talked to Al Gore about this daydreamer speculation? How did John Edwards get left out of these discussions? And If American voters want change and they can’t have Obama, I firmly believe they know by know that a ticket with Edwards on it is absolutely necessary. Hillary on a ticket is a dream ticket only for special interests and lobbyists; a nightmare for Arthur Average, that’s you and me Bub.

Great idea,but will never happen in the Democratic Party,who have consistently missed the big picture over the past 20years and focused only on the narrow self-absorbed picture.

It would only be good for the Democrats if one wanted an honest government, drinkable water, breathable air and a sense that the pristine, virgin lands we have are not about to be raped by the NeoCons. Additionally, I’d love to see a replay of “the KISS” Al gave Tipper. I want to see if he can still make smoke come out of her ears. Besides, how many countries can boast that their leader is a recepient of the Noble Prize?

Do you think he could win his home state this time?

If that happens - why are they wasting all this time and money on the primaries.

Let the party biggies decide who they want to run.

They need to quit wasting our time if they decide to overturn the will of the voter.

The entire ploirtical structure is in shambles and we are on path to total political destruction.

ron in california

Let us look at two points before we consider a Al Gore nomination. First, there is no way that Barack Obama can win in November. I have been finding so many negative things out about Obama that is documented that it will make the Rev Wright connection just the beginning of the end for Barack Obama as the Right begins their full assault. The Right is holding back on many things, but they have the goods on Obama and will cut it all loose as it helps their candidate. The second point is that the press and media do not report fairly on the only real vetted democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, because they do not like her. There is no tingle up their leg for Hillary Clinton. They are biased in favor of Obama. Okay there are the two points. Now we proceed. The realization that Obama cannot win in November will finally be seen. Clinton who has kept on because she knows she is the real Democrat that is vetted will not quite get the numbers. So we come to the Democractic Convention. The Democratic Party has refused to see the truth about Obama, refused to treat Michigan and Floirda voters with any importance (they are just a problem for the party leaders). The Party leaders have turned on Hillary who was vetted and had real solutions and not just feel good speeches (they failed to see her strength). The hour has come for the Convention and in comes Al Gore to save the day and the planet. Will Al Gore be a good thing for the party …depends on if the biased media has a tingle go up their leg.

If it comes down to a full fledged food fight at the convention with no resolution in sight between Obama and Clinton, then this might be the only way forward. I would support Gore again in a heartbeat!

Jack,

That’s a loaded question. Where do I start? Could you imagine the greenhouse gas emissions coming from Denver were that to happen? That would ruin the environmental plank in the party platform and be Gore’s “sniper fire” moment. Next, he’d have to navigate uncharted waters looking for a VP, because McCain has cornered the market on Lieberman. It would be, for Gore, some sweet justice to not have any popular votes but be put in the game by the “electoral prep-school.”

Not very likely, but as foolish as the primary has been to this point, nothing would surprise me now. Besides, it’d be fun to watch people that have tried so hard to change the rules up until now start slinging mud at people that are trying to change the rules.

Chip, from Celina

Gore? Obama and Clinton fighting with each other and Gore taking the nominee. How can it be good for the Democrats .

Anyone would be better than Obama at this point… He continues to say he is for change and it is the exact opposite… He has defined himself as the black candidate and in the general election he will be destroyed by the Republican media…

I have come to the realization that my vote was for the wrong candidate… He will not deliver in November… I live in Illinois and can not believe the garbage that is coming out of Chicago…

I guess I should not be surprised that the South Side is destroying this youngman… I should have known that when they said he was “not black enough”… This is the same part of town that said Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas were “sell outs” in the 90’s… it seems that the racial divide is still present on the South Side and that is a sad reality!!!

It is a time to stop blaming others for your short falls and poor decisions… our housing market is a fine example of that… if you do not like where you are at in life… Do something to change it!!!

Mahoney from Florida, why is anyone even listening to this individual. Remember, Florida does not exist. PERIOD.

It would tell me that the Democratic Party would be in shambles. If Gore would emerge from the convention as the nominee, the grass roots of the party would disappear after being so disenfranchised. It is past time for the Democratic elders to step in and work to avoid such a meltdown. Hillary is behind, she can’t catch up, let’s end the charade now.

Chicopee, Mass.

Its far from a remote possibility. The most under-reported aspect of the convention is that the delegates (super or otherwise) are only bound to their constituencies for the first ballot. After that, get to the back room, light up the cigars, and get to dealin’.

The Dems should be 25 % ahead in the polls, given the horror-show of the last 7 years; that they’re not displays the inadequacies of the Dems’ challengers. A Gore-Obamam ticket is very attractive; less so, Gore-Clinton (not to mention a History Book nightmare).

That just means that it WILL be a Clinton to break the glass ceiling; Chelsea in 2020!!!!

I think it would be a bad thing. I think Barack and Hillary have put too much into this and both deserve a clear choice, even though the process is likely to be ugly. In addition, all the people who have already voted for their candidate(s) don’t deserve to have their choice taken away from them by the superdelages or back-room politics.

No. I guess Obama’s on vacation, so there’s nothing to talk about.

Wishing for Gore shows how bad things are for the demcrats. Gore is popular because he has been out of the political limelight and has only appeared in friendly venues populated by the environmental faithful. If Gore emerges from his greenhouse gas fog then his global warming carbon exchange scam as well as his hipocrisy over his monstrous “carbon footprint” will only be an appetizer. Social security “lockbox” anyone?

Remember how popular ex president Bill Clinton was until he got back on the campaign trail and people were reminded of many of his less endearing attributes?

Bad…Bad idea!
This guy Gore finished 2nd or maybe 1st or whatever to the worst US president in American history. That is not exactly a big selling point. People wax nostalgic, however the reality eventually will set in, that he was not a spectacular VP, he ran a horrible campaign in 2000, and is now merely a celebrity not a sage politician.
BTW…his global warming stance is gonna bite him in the butt as more and more data refute global warming rhetoric! (think energy conservation , not climate change).

This is where Obama and Clinton supporters will probably agree…NO! It wont be good.

As much as I would like to see Obama in WH, I think Gore-Obama ticket is anytime better than Clinton- (?) ticket.

However, if it is Gore- Clinton- I would not vote. Anything with Clinton (even Obama- Clinton)- I will not VOTE

One word, no. That’s not the person who I voted for and against in the primary. I guess Gore should be used to brokered elections though.

Having Gore as President would solve quite a bit, if not all of the problems our country currently faces. However, I do have to agree with many when they say that the Democratic party nominating a candidate that was not in the original primaries would cause a lot of people to lose faith in the political process. Too many already feel that the government does what it pleases and if this was to occur it would only strengthen this belief. With that said, I wish that we could turn back the clocks and put Gore on the primary. Even better, Gore should run as an Independent and win which would really qualify this election year as the craziest in history.

K. Carrera, West Palm Beach, FL

That may be some “justice done ” for All Gore (incidently I woted for him).I am not quite sure at this point though if it would be another “unjustice” for the present runners; both of them, particularly Mrs.Clinton, quite well qualified for the job.

A Gore nomination would not help the Democratic party. If anything ti would prove how dysfunctional the Democratic party has become. The Goracle has reached the point where he transcends petty politics and would be unlikely to accept a draft. Also, I don’t think Gor