Who will Gore endorse now?

[NNN0LHI]

Poll question: Who will Gore endorse now?

I think he will endorse Kerry. The Vietnam thing.

Don

Edited for spelling. Got DK wrong.

[King of New Orleans]

1. According to the SNL skit

Nobody wants his endorsement.

I think Al is going to endorse the Democratic nominee.

[Skinner]

2. Where is the option for "nobody"?

I kinda think that he might not endorse anyone. More to the point -- I kinda think that whomever he offers his endorsement to might respond "thanks but no thanks."

[NNN0LHI]

3. Added it. Thanks n/t

[NewYorkerfromMass]

33. You got that right.

LOL... I'm not sure if it's funny or not though.

[HuskerDem]

4. Carrot Top

[Kahuna]

18. *Snarf* That that just ain't right.

:evilgrin:

[fujiyama]

22. Worse yet...

How about Paulie Shore?

[On the Road]

5. Why Would He Switch Endorsements?

This business of "de-endorsing" someone is not common. And I don't think it's Al's style. He's not gunning for political advantage any longer. The only way I can see him doing it is if Dean drops out, endorses someone else, and frees Al up to come along.

[NNN0LHI]

8. If Dean withdraws I don't think it would be switching endorsements

It might more be construed as pulling the party together to beat Bush in November which is the goal here for me? What do you think?

Don

[GreenArrow]

6. the eventual nominee, probably Kerry

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[Taeger]

7. Two options

Gore has egg on his face from the Dean endorsement. At this point he MUST endorse a winner in order to avoid looking foolish and irrelevant. PLUS, Gore is also close to the DLC and THEY want Kerry.

The other issue is that Gore has always seemed on the side of NAFTA and Free Trade (hence Ralph Nader's warnings). I have seen NOTHING from Gore indicating that he would embrace an anti-NAFTA candidate like Edwards. Rather, he's more of the wonkish:

..."analyze side agreemants with a 120-day commision and promote enforcement of those agreemants ... blah blah blah blah yap yap yap yap".

...type. Him and Kerry have a LOT in common. They both came of the same robot assembly line ;-) They are also both beholden to the DLC and their pro-corporate agendas.

So either Gore will endorse Kerry, or ... he will wait until the winner is decided or obvious.

Personally, I think that Gore should avoid attaching himself to any of the candidates and stay nuetral. He should be out preaching his gospel and railing against Bush. He can influence the results this way.


Finally, I think Al Gore should have a change of heart about NAFTA and WTO. They are both inhumane agreemants to both Americans AND foreign nations. They promote corporate empowerment over human empowerment. They take authority from the hands of elected officials and place it in the hands of international CEOs.

[asthmaticeog]

13. Interesting

Actually, I don't see Gore endorsing Kerry before he gets the nomination, if he gets it. I saw the Dean endorsement as a pretty clear rebuke of the DLC, unsurprising, considering how that body failed to go to bat for him when he had his presidency stolen from him. I think the latter scenario far more likely - Gore'll sit it out until there's a nominee.

[Sly Kal]

25. you couldn't be more wrong about Gore

He left the DLC long ago. He will not endorse anyone else and the only people who look foolish are those who endorse someone that lost even bigger than Dean and that would include Clark.

[w4rma]

27. I am in full agreement, Sly Kal. (n/t)

[Sparkle]

9. President Gore will endorse and support the nominee.

I think he's ABB!

[ChiefJoseph]

10. I hope he doesn't endorse the Dem nominee.

He has that reverse Midas thing going.

[SangamonTaylor]

11. he'll support the nominee, either Kerry or Edwards

[Desertrose]

12. if he's smart he'll wait til the convention

has nominated someone....and then just go along with that choice..........

*sigh*

DR

[littlejoe]

14. It now looks as though Gore's endorsement was about as

effective as mine. So my short answer is that it doesn't really matter.

[Nicholas_J]

15. From what I have read

The people who were most active in getting Dean to stop campaigning were the congressional superdelegates who suppoerted him and want to withdraw their support without appearing to be waffling between candidates. They would have done it eventually, but they didnt want to make Dean look worse by withdrawing while he was still running.

[saltpoint]

16. I think Al and Tipper should --

-- open up a bed-and-breakfast and just stay out of public life.

I voted for the man to try to block a Bush White House, but the Supreme Court over-ruled us.

Gore's instincts just aren't that keen. The Party needs to turn to other elder spokemen and spokeswomen.

I'd like to see Julian Bond and Dale Bumpers play big roles.

And damn it, I still like Gary Hart.

[mot78]

17. If he's smart he won't endorse anyone

His endorsement of Dean angered many non-Dean supporters (no offense to Dean supporters btw), and could hurt his stature, since he was supposed to be above the fray in this primary.

[jazzsammich]

19. sorry to say it, but...

gore's endorsement of dean was the beginning of my switch to supporting kucinich. i don't respect him much, sorry.

--jim k.

[MurikanDemocrat]

20. Who will endorse Gore? Why?

And Gore shouldn't endorse anyone.

[Piperay]

21. No one... hopefully

Gore has learned his lesson and will stay out it until the nomination is decided then support that person. I believe Gore's endorsement of Dean did more harm than good to Dean and Gore also hurt himself by not seeing which way the wind was blowing.

[fujiyama]

23. Poor Poor Gore...

God what a crappy political life -- first have the media trash you, then win the presidency, but have it stolen, then when the next election rolls around, bet on the wrong damn horse.

I was thinking earlier when it looked like Dean would win the nomination, Gore might still have another run left in him. After Dean's disasterous performances in the primaries, I think Gore will ultimately, and somewhat tragically, fade away into political oblivion...(At least he's on the board of Apple computers...nice to see him makin some money)...He's fundamentally a decent guy and I think he's really become more liberal since running. I now believe his "people vs. the powerful" routine was somewhat sincere, considering he both opposed the war and called for the repeal of the Patriot Act.

[Guava Jelly]

24. Does it matter

"you only need a co-signer if your credits bad" Al Sharpton
President Gore who i Admire needs to go away.
all he does is unite the repukes.

[lojasmo]

26. Nobody

He already endorsed the best candidate. He won't "endorse" anybody else, but will support the eventual nominee. I believe he'll have some role in Dean's continued reformation campaign.

[Loonman]

28. Gore can't endorse anyone until 2008

I think.

[BruinAlum]

29. It would be the kiss of death. He'd better not endorse anyone.

[DebJ]

30. Gore is committed to ideals, not to votes, and therefore can only

endorse a like candidate. I don't see anyone he can endorse at this point. Waffle.

[dansolo]

31. I think Gore may help out Dean's new endeavor

The kind of movement that Dean seems to be promoting is along the same lines with what Gore was thinking of doing with a liberal media network. I think that now that Dean is no longer a serious candidate, the two of them could combine their efforts. Al Gore will not endorse Kerry.

[Crewleader]

32. No endorsement just support the nominee!

We need everyone onboard for the Democratic Party to win!

[xultar]

34. Yo' Mama jk n/t