Sign the "Draft Al Gore for 2008" petition online

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Check it out--

http://new.petitiononline.com/AG2008/petition.html
http://thedarkstuff.blogspot.com/2005/10/draft-gore-petition-sign-up-now.html

I'm not sold yet on any one candidate in particular, but Al Gore would be one of a handful of candidates who would not only be of broad general appeal, but also electrify the base. Many other names have been floated as potential standardbearers by the party faithful, such as Wes Clark, Barbara Boxer, Mark Warner, and Brian Schweitzer (no Senators in the group-- telling statistic), and Al should be encouraged as one of the contenders among these excellent choices. (They'd all be much better than the DLC sell-outs like Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Joseph Lieberman.) He's said he's not intent on running, of course, but we always have to take those statements with a grain of salt so early-- at this point, nobody with sense is going to openly declare a run, since this would just draw fire from the other side without much in the way of tangible benefits.

Gore has been one of the few to stand up firmly for our principles from the glum early years of the Bush fiasco, not only in regard to Iraq (where his opposition has been both principled and brilliant), but also with respect to the environment-- and Mother Nature needs protection at the highest levels now more than ever. Plus his education and economic policies are both well thought-out and mainstream. Plus, Al has become a powerful speaker, a fireball on the stump, nowhere near the stereotype of 2000. He can send crowds into a frenzy of support and vigor after one of his speeches.