Reply #58: I think that is it exactly [View All]

If Gore definitely said he will not run, in the "I have zero interest" vein, Obama's numbers would soar. I believe the Clinton camp supports the Gore possibility for exactly that reason. She took a page from the Bush* 2000 playback, and has been playing the "my nomination is inevitable" card. The potential of a Gore candidacy helps buttress that position, detracting from potential Obama support.

Obama is closer to being anti-war than Edwards can claim (since Edwards voted for the authorization). It is my gut feeling the anti-war camp would immediately gravitate to Obama if a Gore candidacy were taken completely off the 2008 table.

Clinton volunteered on a Larry King interview a few months ago that Gore might enter the race, and when he brought that subject up, I immediately wondered why, when Hillary was in. That is the answer that immediately came to me, and I return to it whenever there's another Bill Clinton suggestion Gore might run....