Gore vs Hillary - Who do you choose?

[karynnj]

58. They did not want a lot of people - including Kerry, who became the nominee

They certainly did not want Dean. We know the Clintons - as DLC as you can get - wanted Wes Clark - a DU favorite who floundered in NH. In 2008, the DLC candidate failed as well. In fact, Clinton and Gore are the only two DLC favored candidates who won the nomination.

They did have a lot of the money people behind them, but money alone does not create a win. Several DLC people publicly supported Lieberman - whose best showing was 5th (or in his words a 3 way tie for third though he got a few points less then the other 2) (I forgot to add the link above - http://www.pollingreport.com/wh04dem2.htm )

I am not really that outraged by what you wrote. An article quoting DLC leaders as saying they preferred someone else is not really that outrageous. If Gore had wanted to run, he had the best name recognition and he started as the front runner. I suspect that neither he or Tipper really wanted to go through the nastiness that campaigns had become.