For the past few weeks, the punditry has been abuz about the possibility of a Gore candidacy in 2008; SNL, his movie, etc all proof he is poised to make a run.
My gut tells me he won't only he fears the beast that is Hillary Clinton. It's too bad, because Gore, unlike Bush is a stickler for details. America wants a president who is a stickler for details and policy. Despite his populist campaign in 2000, Gore at his heart is a southern moderate. He was the tiebreaking vote in 1993 that allowed the Clinton budget to go through without a single vote. Although progressive, the package seriously tackled the budget deficits we were facing, thus allowing the government to employ the "pay as you go" rules. Our current policy is pay some other time.
The Clinton/Gore team were deficit hawks and ultimately reduced the size of government. Welfare reform happened during the Clinton/Gore years. Now, there is no guarantee we would see the kind of Gore we saw in the 90's if assumed the presidency in 2009 but it's possible once in the White House he would make a swift move to the center. Based upon the Clinton/Gingrich blueprint, this is a good thing.
And no, I haven't seen his movie.
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