GORE vs CLINTON ?

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT has a paragraph in their new issue speculating on Al Gore challenging Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Many progressive Democrats would prefer to support unambivalently anti-war and outspoken Bush critic Gore than finger-always-to-the-wind war hawk Hillary (who still cluelessly insists that the solution to our problems in Iraq is more U.S. troops!).

Here's the piece from "Washington Whispers:"

"Is Al Gore coming back? If allies we talked to have their way, the former veep will be the next president. 'It's Gore Time,' says a political strategist and fundraiser who is opening a bid to get Gore into the race. Gore friends see his recent political and business moves as proof he's preparing to run. Allies say that in speeches, Gore has found his voice to address domestic and world issues. And in raising money for his Current TV network, which targets the critical youth market, Big Al has built an issue base and donor network that's competitive with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's. Our source--a top aide in the previous Bush administration--is planning meetings with Gore's team to push an early entry while Clinton runs for re-election in New York. It doesn't end there: The Gorebots want him to pick Sen. Barack Obama, the youthful Illinois African-American, as his No. 2."

Sounds good to me. And Hillary could pick Lieberman as her VP running mate, since their politics have started converging more and more. I threw my two cents in on September 26 with a piece here called AL GORE-- THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? I bet Al would make a better president in 2008 than he would have in 2000-- although the guy who over-charges on all the checks at Farfalla would have made a better president in 2000 than the monstrosity who wormed his way in.