posted on November 20, 2002 11:02:52 AM new
Gore really thinks he should have won, and wants another crack, the guy that wears jeans hoping it will win votes. Well, the other Democrat in the previous election played a Saxaphone to help him win votes. The Democrat party is really desperate. Problem is for Gore, you have to smile to win, and that guy is a total stiff.
posted on November 20, 2002 04:46:34 PM new
Donkeys Giving the Hook to Bill & Al Show
"Almost half the members of the Democratic National Committee think that Al Gore should forgo a run for the presidency in 2004. The Los Angeles Times poll of members of the DNC showed significant support for a run by Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts as well as dark-horse bids by Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. . . . Most members also thought President Clinton should limit his campaign appearances for other candidates in 2004."
- Greg Pierce's "Inside Politics," 11/18/02
Radioactive Al
"On the other hand, Mr. Gore may simply be too radioactive (to get the 2004
Democrat presidential nomination), still burning from the loss in 2000 and
having actively campaigned in many of the debacles of 2002. In that case, Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, is sure to emerge as the global-warming maven. He's actually more radical (if less versed) on the
issue than Mr. Gore, and there's a school of thought in Democratic circles these days that says they lost the Senate because they were too much like Republicans. Mr. Kerry is no Republican."
posted on November 20, 2002 05:17:27 PM new
Bill Press made an interesting observation today on his msnbc show. The topic was who would be the best Democratic candidate, and he opined that if John McCain would switch parties, Democrats would overwhelmingly support him. Another candidate was Diane Feinstein (CA), another moderate. But I'm afraid that if Nancy Pelosi type platform is the direction the Democratic Party wants to head, they will have a tough go (read massacre) in 2004. And she is about as far from Republicans as you can get. Heh.
My thinking is that the Democratic party has been taken over by the flaming liberals. Most Democrats don't want that. And this last election illustrated that. It's very similar to what happened in 2000 to the Republican Party which had allowed itself to be taken over by the far right. They were trounced and thrown out on their ears.
Most people are "middle of the roaders" I think. Extremism on either side makes them nervous.
Another candidate was Diane Feinstein (CA), another moderate. But I'm afraid that if Nancy Pelosi type platform is the direction the Democratic Party wants to head, they will have a tough go (read massacre) in 2004. And she is about as far from Republicans as you can get. Heh.