Media is already handicapping the Presidential election. As you may expect, I really like this article. Now that Feingold is out of the race, Edwards is the leftest candidate (since Gore said he's not running).
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Media is already handicapping the Presidential election. As you may expect, I really like this article. Now that Feingold is out of the race, Edwards is the leftest candidate (since Gore said he's not running).
Just wanted to chime in, that David Gregory of NBC has very recently said that Gore is "interested" in 08, and apparently he said it in such a way that reflected a personal conversation he had had with someone but was not a liberty to talk specifically about (or he didn't want to).
I base that on a dailykos post which is here:
http://tinyurl.com/yxz8qr
So, Gore might actually be the "leftist" candidate, maybe. Almost. Kind of.
Anyway, I don't think we should continue to rule Gore out at this point.
I think the 2008 election is the Democrats to lose UNLESS they nominate Hillary, who as we all know is toxic to about 50% of the electorate. It's surprising that Al Gore is flying so quietly under everyone's radar: He's the guy who will ultimately stop the Hillary express. He was shafted in 2000, was right on Iraq, has the experience, and has been a true visionary and leader on the environment.
www.minor-ripper.blogspot.com
As unbelievable as it may seem to us in our own liberal circles, Al Gore is polling worse than Hillary in this week's Newsweek poll - astonishing 53% said "Never vote for" (only Gingrich polls worse).
Well Al has the big negative of having lost (even if by hook and crook). Its hard to overcome that level of dissapointment about him -especially when people think what that defeat brought about.
I really think a fresh face (like Obama), who hasn't been around to create negatives could be pretty powerful.
Another under the radar candidate, Bill Richardson. He didn't become governor of my former state until I had to leave, but from my distant view it seems he's been doing a pretty good job.
I like Feingold a lot, but I am just as happy to have him in the Senate. He can probably do more good keeping his focus on that job than being distracted by a presidential run over the next two years. We need good people to lead the legislative agenda.
As for 2008, there are many hypothetical candidates floating around, but only a few that have declared or are very likely to run. I want to see what kind of field emerges before settling on a candidate.