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    Al Gore to announce he will NOT run in 2004!

    From the NY Times:

    Al Gore has decided against running for president in 2004, ending a month-long flirtation with another candidacy, according to associates of Mr. Gore.

    Mr. Gore will announce his decision in an interview on 60 Minutes tonight, according to those sources. The decision marks the end of a chapter in the political life of Mr. Gore while immediately recasting the entire Democratic field.


    So who is now the front runner for 2004? John Kerry?
    “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
    - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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    Damn... I was kind of hoping he would be silly enough to run again, giving Bush a better chance to win
    Keep on Civin'
    RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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    • #3
      Yeah, but at least it is more interesting now for 2004.

      Keep Hope Alive Ming... there is always Hillary Clinton and Al Sharpton .
      “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
      - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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      • #4
        Youch! Gore was actually probably the dems best chance...

        Well we will see what happens. Kerry is probably the best candidate, but I suspect if the dems think bush is unchallengeable, they may run a woman (Hillary?) or some other "no actual chance of winning" symbolic candidate (like Dukakis or Mondale)...
        Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither... Ben Franklin

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        • #5
          I think Kerry would be it, or maybe Edwards?

          I doubt it will be Lieberman: too centrist, too much like BUsh. Dems need to get back to their base instead of trying to widen it. If the Dems get their base to the voting booth, they will win the popular vote like in 2000 and this time they would also have the Electoral congress votes as well.

          BUt two huge unknows: The state of the economy and the outcome of the Iraq war will both decide 2004.
          If you don't like reality, change it! me
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          • #6
            NO... NOT FRITZ.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

            Keep on Civin'
            RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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            • #7
              Even if the Dems get their base, I have a feeling that the Republicans, if they get their base out, will win.

              They need someone charismatic, but they have no one. Clinton had the most charisma in the Party, but he can't run anymore.
              “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
              - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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              • #8
                Why not trot out Kennedy for the hell of it?
                Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither... Ben Franklin

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                • #9
                  Too bad. He did win the popular vote, so I don't see how he would be a pushover for Bush.
                  "Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State" - Benito Mussolini

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                  • #10
                    It's a sad day in the Bush White House.
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                    • #11
                      Damn... I was kind of hoping he would be silly enough to run again, giving Bush a better chance to win
                      err you mean that??
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
                        Even if the Dems get their base, I have a feeling that the Republicans, if they get their base out, will win.

                        They need someone charismatic, but they have no one. Clinton had the most charisma in the Party, but he can't run anymore.
                        The Republican base is smaller than the democratic base nationally: ie, the Dems. victory in the popular vote in 2000. The way to win modern elections is to get your base to vote, and depress the turnout of the other side's base.

                        Too many things are on the table today to get a clear pic of 2004. If unemployment is still over 5.7% by 2004, things may be difficult for Bush. We still have to await the outcome and consequences of the Iraq war, and the possible upcoming crisis with DPRK.
                        If you don't like reality, change it! me
                        "Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
                        "it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
                        "Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard Shaw

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                        • #13
                          They should let Hilary Clinton run in 2004, about time the US had a female president
                          CSPA

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                          • #14
                            They should let Hilary Clinton run in 2004, about time the US had a female president
                            I don't know how Hillary running will push Bush to having a sex change surgery.

                            Though I have my theories.
                            "Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self." - Dennis Kucinich, candidate for the U. S. presidency
                            "That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the world

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                            • #15
                              I'm living here in PA, and I heard this massive sigh from florida when I saw it on TV.

                              Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
                              Keep Hope Alive Ming... there is always Hillary Clinton and Al Sharpton .
                              Hillary won't run for 2004. 2006 though. Bush will be reelected if he topples Saddam, if he can't adios.

                              In 2006, what the Reps are going to do is have Rice run against Clinton. A total no-mans land.
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