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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:39 AM Original message |
How could Gore win, if he entered the race this weekend? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. To say nothing of the voting machines... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. He'd sure as hell get my vote |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. Faith and magic |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm thinking about writing his name in on my primary ballot. |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm sorry, but everything I've |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. What 'negative press'? |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Experienced campaign staffers aren't a finite resource... |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. I hope he doesn't get |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Most of his previous staff are still available |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I've heard that from several sources ... eom |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. He could win. First of all there is an infinite number of staffers. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I read on here a few months ago |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. saracat, there is NOT an infinite number of experienced |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I meant staffers.Top people? Many would jump ship. Streisand and Reiner? |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. The number doesn't have to be 'infinite'. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. You're right, Reiner and Streisand are institutions who should decide who wins. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Experienced campaign staff is kind of bushwah, actually. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
39. Streisand and Reiner are supporters... |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. I think he has a head start. I don't think it is as grim for him as you do. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
10. By getting the most votes ... just like anyone else. |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. Bill Clinton entered in October |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That was 15 years ago. The dynamic is different today. n/t |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Well, not really |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Yeah.Gore is an international name and just won the Nobel Prize.Clinton was a nobody. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. lets not forget hes a movie star |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
31. The change in dynamic is better in some ways |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
17. He'd raise a shitload of money. He has 100% name recognition with Dems. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
20. well for one thing, as a former VP and with him being in the press everywhere |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. Hubert Humphrey entered in June 1968 |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
23. Are you CRAZY?! Volunteers are chomping at the bit! Press, schmess! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. I'm not taling about volunteers. I'm talking about the top flight |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. And actually, there aren't very many of those that really exist anymore.Gore probably knows more the |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
25. Well, he could use the internets |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
30. The only serious concern I could see is staff. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
32. Money doesn't look to be a problem. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. The net roots. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Very well said! eom |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
36. He's registering on polls without even being a candidate! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
38. as long as donna brazille stays FAR away- he'll be just fine. |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Amen to that! |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Very true. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
43. It would be difficult, but I think he could raise a lot of money quickly and |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
44. He's been through it before and understands the process. That's a plus. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
45. Remember RFK? |
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