{"id":9638,"date":"2007-01-16T15:30:09","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T20:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/9638.html"},"modified":"2007-01-16T15:30:09","modified_gmt":"2007-01-16T20:30:09","slug":"no-more-gore-in-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/no-more-gore-in-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"No more Gore in 2008?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reuters ran an odd report<\/a> late yesterday, telling readers that former Vice President Al Gore had told an audience in Japan that “he would not run in the next presidential race.” Reuters added that Gore was asked about his campaign plans, but “Gore ruled it out.”<\/p>\n

It was odd for a few reasons. One, as recently as last week, Gore’s closest advisors still would not<\/a> entirely rule out another presidential campaign. Two, if Gore were going to make such an announcement, he probably wouldn’t make it in Japan. And three, the Reuters article included no actual quotes from Gore, only paraphrases. If Gore “ruled out” a campaign, shouldn’t the article have included a quote to that effect?<\/p>\n

For that matter, Bloomberg reported<\/a> on the same event, and told readers, “Gore has said he hasn’t ruled out making another run for president, but he doesn’t ‘expect’ to launch a campaign.” That’s pretty different, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

So, what’s the real story on Gore’s plans? The Boston Globe’s Scot Lehigh offered a far different take<\/a> than Reuters.<\/p>\n

“More and more people are asking, ‘What about Al Gore?’ ” says Steve Grossman, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. “If Al Gore were to announce for president, he would be a first-tier candidate on day one. Instead of it being Hillary and Obama on the covers of the national magazines, you would have three faces there.”<\/p>\n

The Internet activists would turn cyberspace into a potent fund-raising realm for Gore if he does decide to get in, Grossman predicts.<\/p>\n

Publicly, Gore hasn’t ruled out running, but neither has he evinced much interest. But when one friend asked him recently about another campaign, Gore didn’t dismiss the question out of hand. “We’ll see how things go,” he replied.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wait, it gets more provocative.
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\nThe same Lehigh report added:<\/p>\n

Another Democratic source says that in recent weeks, the former vice president’s camp has quietly put out feelers to presidential politicos, asking whether they are committed for 2008.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, that’s attributed to an unnamed source, who has reportedly talked to other unnamed sources. But still, if that’s accurate, isn’t it a fairly big deal?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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