Gore - free radical in the body chemistry of the 2008 election

yes, yes, yes, i KNOW it's only february '07, and, yes, i am ALREADY sick of the 2008 presidential campaign... i'm especially sick as i look at the emerging list of democratic candidates who seem intent on proving that they don't have what it takes to provide leadership to the u.s. at perhaps the most critical point in its history... even more, i'm positively bilious as i look at the pathetic and potentially dangerous candidates on the r side of the fence... however, with all that said, i found myself reluctantly captivated by buddydharma's daily kos diary pushing a gore-obama ticket... then there's this...

[T]here are multiple reasons for Gore to hold off on entering the race.

First, he can bank on his name reputation getting stronger in the intervening months as he continues to promote his message on controlling global warming. Meanwhile, Kornacki writes, he can "steer clear of any early skirmishes between Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards, instead allowing the three front-runners to drive each other’s negatives up."

The moment Gore is looking for, he adds, is one in which the race becomes about Senator Hillary Clinton. The likely scenario for Gore to become a candidate is one in which he is "convinced that he could quickly and bloodlessly push [Obama and Edwards] aside, setting up a Hillary-versus-Al contest for the nomination."

But there are also reasons Gore might not choose to enter the race. If Obama or Edwards make gains against Clinton, Kornacki writes that he may not want to further crowd the fray. He also must fear "the risk of being branded, for all of history, as a two-time loser."

what's a body to do...? at some point, probably late this year, i want to go to work for somebody and i will have to make a choice... i can think of lots of things much worse than a gore-obama ticket...

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