What if Gore decides to run.....

[Holly_Hobby]

as an Independent? Your opinions, please?

[Mick Knox]

1. I hope not

He should run as our candidate.

As an independent, he will split the vote, lose, and cost us dearly in the process.

[NYCGirl]

2. "And if my grandmother had wheels she'd be a wagon." It will NEVER happen.

NEVER.

[dkofos]

9. Because you would prefer a less qualified candidate chosen for you

by the M$M.

[NYCGirl]

13. I'm not talking about ME. I'm talking about Al Gore, who no doubt remembers

what happened with that third-party candidate in 2000.

And, BTW, the media has never told me how to vote. I've been voting for Democrats since 1972.

[dkofos]

16. But Gore won in 2000

And it would appear we are the same age

[NYCGirl]

17. Indeed he did. If it wasn't for those 537 votes in Florida... NT

[dkofos]

19. Don't blame the votes, blame the vote counters!!

[NYCGirl]

20. I blame the SCOTUS ultimately. NT

[Staph]

3. No chance.

I can imagine few Democrats (or Democrats in name) less likely to go the independent route. Al Gore is no Joe Lieberman.

[hootinholler]

4. Doesn't matter to me, I would still vote for him. n/t

[Holly_Hobby]

7. Same here n/t

[Radio_Lady]

15. Me, too. However, if he is a third-party candidate, that's a problem

[dkofos]

5. We might get us an Idependent for Prez.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Depending on who else is running and their positions.

I'll be voting for the the most progressive anti-war candidate on the ballot.

[mike_c]

10. yep-- me too....

:hi:

[Holly_Hobby]

11. Yup, me too n/t

[eleny]

14. Me too

[hippiechick]

8. I'm all for President Gore, but not as an Indie.

n/t

[kestrel91316]

12. He's definitely not that STUPID or SELF-CENTERED.

[Kahuna]

18. He would never do that.

nt

[Double T]

21. NEVER happen..................

Gore is a Democrat and always will be. An 'independent' has no chance of winning and potentially could do a lot more damage to the Democrats than the rethugliCONS.

[Benhurst]

22. What if Gore first, which is just as likely,

sets up a colony on Mars and then runs from there?

[kerstin]

23. An unimaginable scenario.

Less likely than Cheney winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

[pennylane100]

24. I do not believe he would leave the democratic party

but if he did think how interesting the election would be.

If Hillary and McCain get their party nominations, he would get all the progressive votes, many of the moderate Republican votes and all all but the DLC supporters in the democratic party.

However, it would not work out so well if Gulianni (sp) gets the republican nomination.

[RestoreGore]

25. If he ever decided to do that I would support him ONE HUNDRED PERCENT

A free unencumbered man unshackled by the corporate media sound bite, military industrial complex, BS political system that includes Republicans and Democrats would be a breath of fresh air and truly a Jeffersonian move on his part because I put the man first, not party. That is why we are in the mess we are in now. However, since he correctly believes that this system is toxic, he would then also know that any man who runs by putting principle over party would never win in this country where partisan political bickering is more important.