Archive for 'Al Gore'

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Al Gore As The New Nixon?

It’s a provocative thought:
Like Gore in the 2000 presidential race, Nixon in 1960 was a charm-free vice-president who lost a heartbreakingly close White House election (to John Kennedy). Like Gore in 2000, Nixon in 1960 drifted off into the political wilderness to lick his wounds for a time after the devastating loss.
Eight years later, at […]

14 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Mark Warner, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Gore Won’t Run? Too Bad!

I was looking forward to it, to be honest, but Al says it’s not to be:
Former Vice President Al Gore said Monday he’s not planning to run for president in 2008 but hasn’t ruled out a future in politics.
“I’m enjoying what I’m doing,” Gore told an audience at Middle Tennessee State University, where he gave […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Saturday, March 18th, 2006

Novak: Gore Playing The Nutroots® Tune

Robert Novak reveals Al Gore’s strategy to recapture the president; become the next Howard Dean:
…Party operatives believe former Vice President Gore can outdo Clinton through unconventional fund-raising on the Internet. By campaigning left of Clinton, Gore appeals to ardent anti-war Democrats. Gore’s first presidential run in 1988 positioned him as the centrist candidate, to the […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

Al Gore: Cassandra of the Left

Sayeth the failed presidential candidate:
“I truly believe that American democracy faces a time of challenge and trials that are more serious than we have ever faced,” Gore said.
Wow - really?
More serious than the Civil War?
More serious than the Revolutionary War?
More serious than Watergate?
Etc., etc…

10 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

The Marist Poll: Dead Heat For Republicans

It doesn’t get better than this for political junkies…earlier, we looked at the latest 2008 poll with respect to the Democratic ticket; now, we take a look at the three-way tie for the Republicans. At the top of the elephant heap, we see the following:
Condoleezza Rice: 22%
Rudy Giuliani: […]

7 Comments » - Posted in George Allen, Mike Huckabee, Al Gore, Condoleezza Rice, John Edwards, John Kerry, Mitt Romney, 2008 Polls, Republican Candidates, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Marist Poll: Hillary Dominates Dems

Some interesting results from the most recent Marist Poll on the 2008 election. Hillary leads big (40% of Democrat-leaning respondents would support her as the nominee), with John Edwards second at 16% (Al Gore moves into second if he’s included, with 17%, and Hillary drops back to 33%). More than half of Democrats […]

5 Comments » - Posted in Condoleezza Rice, Al Gore, Mark Warner, Evan Bayh, John Edwards, John Kerry, Rudy Giuliani, Republican Candidates, 2008 Polls, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

Is A New Job Waiting For Al Gore?

Academic Elephant thinks she’s found a fit (just don’t tell Lubos, I don’t think he would approve)…

2 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Sunday, February 19th, 2006

2008 Update: The Democrats Reconsidered

It’s been nearly a year since I wrote my candidate profile of Hillary Clinton; the last time I updated her odds, I put her at 4-1 (to receive the nomination, not win the presidency). How’s she looking now?
Contra Douglas MacKinnon, Hillary WILL run; of that, I feel certain. The harsher rhetoric in her […]

7 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Mark Warner, Evan Bayh, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Democratic Candidates, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Election 2008 by Mark

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Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Run, Al, Run!

As a partisan, I would like nothing more than to see Al Gore run for president again - well, John Kerry running again would be awesome - actually, there are many, many things I’d love to see more. It would be a hoot, nonetheless…today, Chris Cillizza looks at the case against Gore and says […]

11 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, 2008 Polls, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Monday, February 13th, 2006

Al Gore Has Jumped The Shark

Just what the hell is the failed presidential candidate talking about?:
Former Vice President Al Gore told a mainly Saudi audience on Sunday that the U.S. government committed “terrible abuses” against Arabs after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and that most Americans did not support such treatment.
Gore said Arabs had been “indiscriminately rounded up” and held […]

7 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Radical Islam / GWOT, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Friday, January 27th, 2006

John Kerry Sells His Soul

We’ve seen this before…it happened with Al Gore, as well. Having lost an election that he and his supporters were sure he would win (and, need I say, were convinced they deserved to win), Gore took some time to lick his wounds and emerged the Angry Old Progressive (an Angry Young Progressive is annoying […]

19 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, John Kerry, SCOTUS, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Monday, January 16th, 2006

The Leftie Blogs Are All A-Twitter…

…over that Al Gore speech today. Boy, you’d think some sort of news was made here, or something! Come on, now, people, is it really big news that Al Gore, who has spent the time since his embarrassing loss to the current occupant of the White House either (a) sulking, (b) playing the […]

9 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Monday, January 16th, 2006

A Trio From Academic Elephant

Our good friend AE has been on a roll of late: I recommend her take on the Niall Ferguson article, her takedown of Al Gore, and the latest on Iran and the Security Council…

1 Comment » - Posted in Radical Islam / GWOT, Al Gore, Linky Love, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, UN/Oil-For-Food, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Saturday, January 14th, 2006

I Love A Good Humor Piece…

…like, say, this one:
It sounds as if Al Gore is about to deliver what could be not just one of the more significant speeches of his political career but an essential challenge to the embattled presidency of George W. Bush.
In a major address slated for delivery Monday in Washington, the former Vice President is expected […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Monday, December 5th, 2005

Could Kerry Win, Even Today?

Maybe, maybe not - Tom Bevan takes a look at the latest Time poll, and makes the following interesting observation:
Though President Bush scores his lowest approval rating ever (41%) in the Time poll and gets at or near his worst rankings on nearly every issue, when respondents were asked who they would vote for in […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, John Kerry, POTUS, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

One More For Gore

Writing in the New Republic, Ryan Lizza joins the Al Gore cheering section:
In a round of calls with Democratic strategists, I could find few signs that Gore is doing much of anything to ready himself for a presidential run. But what I did find is that many Democrats think there is a powerful case for […]

18 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Gore Won’t Run: Kos Has Spoken!

For someone who’s supposed to be politically astute, Markos sure is dim sometimes. Hey, Markos, this sort of thing happens with almost every candidate, every election…Gore may or may not run, but you don’t know, and neither do I…

2 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

Have No Fear - Al Gore is Here!

From U. S. News and World Report:
Is Al Gore coming back? If allies we talked to have their way, the former veep will be the next president. “It’s Gore Time,” says a political strategist and fundraiser who is opening a bid to get Gore into the race. Gore friends see his recent political and business […]

12 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

Guess Who?

Prior to the war, he said of Saddam, that “tyrant remains firmly in power, resisting by every means the will of the international community. No wonder so many Americans ask themselves whether our victory over Saddam [in the first Gulf War] will ultimately prove an illusion”, while criticizing the previous administration for a “blatant disregard […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Sunday, November 21st, 2004

Al Gore: Candidate Profile Numero Uno

Okay, so I’m calling this blog Decision ‘08 for a reason (and it’s not just because Decision 2008 was taken already!)…I fully intend to spend the next four years building up a real resource for Campaign 2008. I realize there isn’t much here yet, but hey, come on, it’s the first day of the blog.
One […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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