Reply #90: What does that mean?

[DaveT]

Move on?


I saw that headline this morning and I felt a kick in the stomach. Then I read the article (on the front page of MSN) and saw that there was nothing new in it. The same old "no plans" routine.

This is not news. As of now, he is not running. He is still not running. He might decide to run -- and, most significantly, if he does run, it would be extremely dumb for him to announce it in an interview in Oslo. Everything he has done so far is consistent with his best chance for winning the White House. He stays out of the idiotic bullshit "race" that has been going on all year that has taken place entirely in the media.

The premise of a Gore candidacy is to avoid the mainstream media -- which will do what it has been doing for the last decade and a half: affirmatively helping the GOP.

This reasoning does not mean that he will run. But today's story means nothing, one way or the other.

It is a highly irresponsible headline -- but what the hell else is new?

Gore may or may not run for President in 2008. I hope he does. He might not. The optimum window to announce is early to mid November. We'll see.