Dear Al Gore: PLEASE RUN. WE WANT YOU!

[amitten]

That is all. :hi:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

Yes please run

can someone formally invite him to run ASAP

[BuelahWitch]

1. I second the motion!!

Please run! :bounce:

[amitten]

2. I hope he doesn't feel it's a conflict between him and Hillary...

I know he's been close with the Clintons, but he should still run.

I mean all's fair in love and war (and politics) right?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. I'll take it a step further. We NEED you!

:hi:

[jwirr]

4. That is what I was thinking.

[Mabus]

5. go to draftalgore.meetup.com

and join others who are trying to convince Al to run and working on educating others about global climate change.

Here's what one of the groups is doing

We are pleased to announce that Elaine Kamarck, who was senior policy adviser to Vice President Al Gore from 1993-97 will be our special guest to present: "How To Draft Al Gore to run in 2008."

Dr Kamarck is a Lecturer in Public Policy who came to the Kennedy School in 1997 after serving in the Clinton administration. In the 1980s, she was one of the founders of the New Democrat movement that helped elect Clinton/Gore. While serving in the White House, she created and managed Al Gores' National Performance Review, also known as reinventing government.

In 2000, she took a leave of absence from the Kennedy School to work as Senior Policy Adviser to the Gore campaign. She conducts research on 21st century government, the role of the Internet in political campaigns, homeland defense, intelligence reorganization, and governmental reform and innovation. Kamarck received her PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley and is the author of "The End of Government As We Know It: Policy Implementation in the 21st Century.


This will be the sixth Meetup of our Cambridge Draft Al Gore Meetup Group having started meeting last June. We will have our draft Gore petitions and bumper stickers. Come and bring a friend to this exciting event.

http://draftalgore.meetup.com/1/calendar/5256730/

:hi:

[Mabus]

44. algore.org will pay for the coupons to get your meetups started

Contact Karen Wunderman at [e-mail] put "Meetup coupon information" in the subject line. I cleared this posting with Karen.

[RestoreGore]

78. Why wouldn't people pay for it themselves if they really want him?

And where is algore.org getting the money from to pay for them?

[librarycard]

6. He would be an excellent candidate

again.

[pennylane100]

7. He would definitely get my vote

[amitten]

9. I'm positive he would get the majority of Democratic votes.

100% positive.

Go Al!!!

[Alhena]

8. If Gore were seriously considering running I think ...

he'd be putting out "teasers" and feelers to keep his name in the public's eye while he made his decision. Gore's statement this past weekend in Japan was that he was "involved in a different kind of campaign" other than a presidetial one. No, that's no Shermanesque denial, but it's rapidly becoming too late to announce and if he were seriously thinking about it then it would only make sense to encourage the buzz about his presidential prospects. By not doing so, Gore is allowing lots of Democrats to fall in love with candidates like Obama and Edwards.

[Mabus]

20. "the former vice president's camp has quietly put out feelers to presidential politicos"

But when one friend asked him recently about another campaign, Gore didn't dismiss the question out of hand. "We'll see how things go," he replied.

Another Democratic source says that in recent weeks, the former vice president's camp has quietly put out feelers to presidential politicos, asking whether they are committed for 2008.
from a post at
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3059441&mesg_id=3059441

[amitten]

21. He's being smart. Instead of courting the public, he's letting the

public court him.

And court him we will...

Run, Gore! Pretty please...?

[Alhena]

25. That's the first report I've seen of that ...

and I would want to see more reports of such feelers to deem them credible. It could have been some innocent phone call by one of Gore's advisers making political gossip as political wonks are known to do. You know, call up another political guy and say "are you with anyone yet?"

[Mabus]

28. Gore spokesman Michael Feldman said, "(Gore) has not completely ruled it out"

When I read that Al Gore had revealed his decision not to run for president in '08 to his friends in the Japanese press, I knew for sure there was no message in there for us in the American media -- no way, right? And if the man television never loved was rather enjoying his success in mobilizing public opinion on global climate change with a movie, well, who could blame him?

As it turns out, though, Gore did no such thing, and contrary to the Reuters report out of Tokyo, has not definitively ruled out another presidential run. (Neither has he given those close to him any indication he's seriously considering it, though many in his party continue to hope he'll reconsider.)

"Absolutely nothing new,'' Gore spokesman Michael Feldman said of the report. "He's been saying the same thing for six years - that he's not running but has not completely ruled it out - and depending on where he is, it's reported differently.''

whttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/01/16/huffpos-melinda-henneber_n_38770.html

Hopefully this statement by a Gore spokesman will help put that Reuters story to rest.

[Apollo11]

50. He is keeping his options open

Maybe some Dems do have a crush on Edwards and/or Obama. But if Al Gore entered the race, most people would have to admit he is the best qualified person to be America's next President.

Al Gore's name is in the public eye. He is currently on tour with his message on the climate crisis - speaking to more than 12 000 people (at $5 a head) in Boise next Monday!

If his movie wins an Academy Award - that will also generate some extra publicity.

Then in May he will bring out his next book "The Assault on Reason" - setting out how things would be better if we had a reality-based government working for the common good.

So it's not like the guy is trying to keep a low profile.

But the first primaries are still 12 months off ...

In Gore We Trust :)
www.algore.com
www.algore.org
www.draftgore.com
www.draftgore2008.org
www.patriotsforgore.com

[flyingfysh]

10. we have lots of great people

Gore is my first choice, but I would happily vote for Kerry, Edwards, Obama, even Hillary, or just about anyone else.

Even the DNC janitor would do a better job than that fool in the White House now.

[applegrove]

11. Yes..please run. You'll win the Presidential election again.

[ArbustoBuster]

17. I think that's a big positive for him.

No naysayer can say of him what the naysayers always say about Democratic candidates, "He can't win." He already did win once.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

41. What a great picture...

I hope he runs! :loveya:

[ArbustoBuster]

43. It's from the newspaper "The Tennessean", from June of 2006

I use it as my signature because I like how hopeful it looks.

[On the Road]

12. I'm on Board

I think Al is a moderate who has widespread activist support. That is a powerful combination. Not an assurance he'll win the nomination (as Howard Dean showed), but as close as any candidate has a right to expect.

I really don't understand Al's saying that he's on a different kind of campaign. As president, there's no need for a campaign to persuade the powers that be. If he wins, he IS the powers that be. I can understand his not wanting to face another exhausting race, more character assassinaiton, and the possibility of another painful loss. (You can see how much the last one aged him.) But I hope he decides to run.

[ieoeja]

23. Being president would not make him THE "powers that be".

It makes him only one of the powers. Ultimately, the powers arise from the people. Even the most totalitarian despot in history derived his power from the people (those who gave him power out of fear; and those who helped him terrorize the first group).

Which is the 800lb guerrila in the DLC "we can't do anything unless we win" approach to elections. Even when you win you still can not do anything if you did not win by convincing people to support that thing you wanted to do.

[Dinger]

13. Yes We Do!

Please:)

[Diane R]

14. He's my first choice.

[RestoreGore]

15. It always is all...

Because God forbid he doesn't give people something to talk about on blogs regarding speculation, since the real work he is now doing isn't good enough. If he remains a statesman and environmental advocate who manages to change the way we do business in this world and actually does bring the consciousness of the American people and this Congress to the point where REAL progress is made on this crisis now, it still wouldn't be enough for some people.

My message to Mr. Gore is : Do now what is truly in your heart, and don't let anyone influence you otherwise.

[Apollo11]

16. Strongly agree!

Nobody is better qualified to be President of the United States than Al Gore.

Gore has been proven right on so many issues, from climate change to the invasion of Iraq.

Next Monday he will draw a crowd of more than 12000 people for a speech in Boise, Idaho !!

If he is ready and willing to seek the Dem nomination, I predict that Gore will lead the field.

Unless and until he endorses another candidate, we should assume he is keeping his options open.

In the meantime - we can all find ways of helping to create the right conditions!

In Gore We Trust :)
www.algore.com
www.algore.org
www.draftgore.com
www.draftgore2008.org
www.patriotsforgore.com

[Grandrose]

18. I Agree!

Not only do we want him, we need him.  More than ever.:) 

[Uncle Joe]

65. Welcome to D.U. Grandrose

:hi: and I agree.

[Kurovski]

19. You heard the lady.

Run!

[Kira]

22. Please run

I will work so hard to make you President. I know you will be the frontrunner as soon as you enter the race. The world needs you.

[Doremus]

24. If ever America needed you, it's NOW!

You have it all -- experience, intelligence, courage and, if your speeches in the last few years are any indication, the will to take back our country from the plutocrats who are driving the middle class into the ground and stomping on the Constitution.

Seeking the highest office is not a pleasant task but the stakes have never been higher.

[Iceburg]

26. Canadians for Gore !!!

[Blue_In_AK]

27. I would be happy to vote for Al Gore.

I would love to see him run. That would shake up everything.

[catgirl]

29. I agree too!

I just signed on to Draft Al Gore 2008.

[tbyg52]

30. PLEASE!!!!

:yourock:

Darn. There's no smilie for groveling.... ;)

[Ninja Jordan]

31. Will Gore's political ineptitude rear its head again? '08 is the wrong cycle for him.

Obama is overshadowing everyone. Once Hillary announces I don't see any room left for Gore.

[amitten]

33. Obama is just the current fad for the press. If Gore announces,

all bets are off and the landscape of the race changes completely.

He won an election already and appeals to a much wider range of voters.

[catgirl]

56. "Political ineptitude"?

You're kidding, right?

[Ninja Jordan]

57. Gore's never been a cunning politico. Joe Lieberman as VP? Endorsing Dean?

[NYCGirl]

81. What you seem to forget was the picking Lieberman for VP was hailed at the time

a breakthrough, an act of bravery, because there'd never been a Jewish nominee. And endorsing Dean in '04 was a plus because it established Gore's anti-Iraq war bona fides.

[Bryn]

32. I want Gore

Pretty Please? :hi:

[connecticut yankee]

34. Gore and Obama

What a team!

[liberal renegade]

35. He shouldn't have to run

for potus, it was his to begin with... So I say the scotus needs to hand it to him, therefore no election needed in (08)

[tavalon]

36. He'll run. I firmly believe it

It would be nice if he would go ahead and get into the race soon. People are going to get mighty wiggy, the longer he holds out.

[Flarney]

37. KICK!!!

[keepCAblue]

38. AL Gore: Good for the planet. Good for America

Al Gore: Good for the planet. Good for America.


Al Gore is MY President

[Lena inRI]

39. Dear Misters Gore and Clark. . .

Ya know, Al and Wes, if I were you, I'd have a really long talk with each other. . .stop listening to all the swarming advisers encircling you. . .because you both have a chance of a lifetime to be our great leaders for the next two decades.

Why listen to me? Because I'm absolutely a nobody with absolutely no power or money at stake in saying this. . .I'm just somebody who, after 59 years of living and 33 years of teaching history, is so worried the BEST LEADERS for us are being marginalized by undeserving opportunists.

I'm still hanging onto the IDEAL of getting us the most qualified government leadership for our kids' sake.

:kick: :loveya: :kick: :loveya: :kick:

[KeepItReal]

49. I wholeheartedly second your motion. That would be a Dream Team.

<eom>

[sellitman]

40. We NEED Al Gore.

America needs him. The environment needs him. The earth needs him.

Please run!

[BattyDem]

42. You've got my vote, Al!

We need you .... PLEASE RUN!!! :hi:

[BorisTheBlade]

45. agreed

Id like to see him run.

Cant wait to see the smear campaigns tho

[volstork]

46. Please, Al!

Take the post that is rightly yours!

[emmadoggy]

47. Please, oh please, oh please???

There are a few others I would be comfortable with, but Al stands far out in front ahead of them as my hands-down favorite.

If ever there was someone with the perfect resume or credentials for the job, it's Al. Not to mention the fact that he deserves to serve the term he won. Not to mention he has integrity, intelligence, honesty, and the vision to dig us out of the quicksand that * has thrown us into. Not to mention who better to kick us in the ass to get something done about Global Warming? The World needs Al.

The suspense is killing me, but I think it's a good idea for him to hold off on announcing for a bit.

But, PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE RUN, AL!!!!!!!! :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[amitten]

48. And....WE STILL WANT YOU!

(Just a little kick)

And seriously, don't you think a lot of people who went for Bush in 2000 would vote for Gore in 2008? Just out of sheer guilt...?

[OneBlueSky]

51. your country needs you, Mr. Gore . . . hell, the whole planet needs you . . .

we DESPERATELY need an environmentalist in the White House to address the myriad of environmental catastrophes currently facing this nation and the planet . . . beginning with global warming and the destruction of the oceans . . .

PLEASE run! . . .

[northquest]

75. Save the World ! ! Draft Al Gore '08

It' time for a stand !!!!! Support The Draft Al Gore Movement !!!! Go to Meetup.com and join or organize a Daft Al Gore Meetup Group in your area.....If you really want Al Gore to run don't just wish do something about it......... Bob North ( Organizer -Baltimore Draft Al Gore Meetup Group)

[mdelaguna2000]

52. Al Gore - Still the one!

[northquest]

76. Al Gore the Only One

I hope everyone that thinks as I do that Al Gore is the only person for the job of President of the U.S is doing something about it..........You need to go to Meetup.com and join or organize a Draft Al Gore Meetup Group near you.Get on it, time is running out we need to Build our numbers and organize......Take a stand ,and become Part of the Movement....Show that you care abiut the Country and about our Planet..... Bob North (Organizer - Baltimore Draft Al Gore Meetup Group )

[tom_paine]

53. Your country needs you, Al. Please run.

[usregimechange]

54. I 51st that.

[YOY]

55. N-thed

Hellz yeah!

[lojasmo]

58. This democrat says "yea" EOM

[peacebuzzard]

59. I kick this and endorse

any motion to try to draft Gore......

It would be nice to have a smart President in charge for a change.

[byronius]

60. Right There WithYa.

[ms liberty]

61. DITTO! K&R n/t

[hippiechick]

62. Me thinks so too!!

:applause: GORE/FEINGOLD to fix what's wrong in America. :applause:

[stubtoe]

63. Definitely the right man for the job.

:)

[AbbyR]

64. I would love to see him run (nft)

[petepillow]

66. I can't think of a reason he couldn't win

i.e. no competition on the right or the left that has a stronger case and resume to be president. he would be a lock, and my fingers are crossed.

[amitten]

68. He would win. n/t

[RestoreGore]

79. Hmm, electronic voting machines? And Mr. Gore is not one of them.

Do you honestly think elections are fair in this country now? They won't be gone by 2008, and who in their right mind would actually run in this toxic system where pundits claim that more money will be spent than has ever been spent on a campaign? Imagine how many hungry children we could feed with the millions of dollars these people are raising just to look good on TV. It is a TRAVESTY. THEY COULD BUY A NEW HOME FOR EVERYONE IN NEW ORLEANS. So do you honestly believe that Al Gore would allow millions to be pissed away on petty BS thirty second ads when this world is in crisis? When he could put that money to better use to save this planet now? Why do you think he started the Alliance for Climate Protection that NO ONE here talks about? Why do you think he donated ALL of the provceeds from his book and movie to that organization? I do not see him pissing away millions of dollars on a popularity contest just to be "elected" by the military industrial complex as their spokesperson. I do not believe he is one of them and it would be disappointing to think he was.

[johan helge]

67. Yes, run, Al!

Al Gore probably has the best chance of winning. So he should run.

My impression is that he also is the best qualified to be President.

[Pierzin]

69. Run Al Run. We need our sanity back!

[youthere]

70. Beat me to it...Great minds and all.

[Labors of Hercules]

71. THE NEED IS DESPERATE AND ONLY AL CAN FILL IT!

Sure there are other great people out there, but Al is the only one who can meet this crisis of our time.

THE ONLY ONE. period.

[Uncle Joe]

72. Welcome to D.U., kudos to your name Labors of Hercules,

and I agree:hi:

[Labors of Hercules]

73. Thanks Joe!

[northquest]

74. Yes Please !!!!

I second that,we need his leadership now to help save the country and the world from it's self.. So join or start a Draft Al Gore Meetup if you already haven't. Go to Meetup.com and become part of the Draft Al Gore Movement.....It's time to stand up and be counted!!!!! Don' just wish, act on it... Bob North (Organizer Baltimore Draft Al Gore Meetup Group)

[PresidentObama]

77. President Gore sounds about right.

:evilgrin: I'll take it!!

[politicasista]

80. Yes n/t