I'd vote for a Gore Obama ticket.

...I've always liked you, both as a human being and as a leader who has a strong moral streak, but especially as an ex-President who's willing to work hard for worthy causes like democratic elections around the world. But what makes you think your support for any presidential candidate really matters to anyone?

I think I'm probably in a distinct minority in this country -- most Americans seem to have a decidedly negative opinion of you (which is largely undeserved) -- your vocal support for Al Gore might be a negative for the former vice president!

but now that Carter is on the outs with the AIPAC types, what will perennial Gore booster Martin Peretz say?

All I know is, if Gore is waiting for more encouragement before he decides-- and I note that he hasn't ruled it out-- he better decide pretty quickly if he hopes to have a shot.

Gore Obama ticket would beat ANY Republican they could put up.

But now, just in time, I hear that Ralph Nader is contemplating another SPOILER run.

I wonder what the Republican National Committee is paying him this time.

"he better decide pretty quickly if he hopes to have a shot"

Gore might be better off to wait until later in the year when the "real" people start paying attention to the 2008 election. Right now, the only people focusing are pundits and the political insiders.

Gore has so much name recognition and alot of people (Dems and swing voters) feel GWB presidency has been a debacle. They also think he deserves a shot, 2000 was stolen from him.

Much as I respect Carter, his endorsement isn't exactly gold these days.

I'd love to see Gore run, and like to think he's just waiting for the rest of the field to tire themselves out.

Al, we need you.

When Clinton was prez, I was very excited about Gore. But then he added Lieberman to his ticket and I said "no thanks." If Gore had won, we probably would still be in this war.

Obama/Biden 2008? (ahem)

Rastas

said there are no second acts in American lives. Wrong. By my rough count, Al Gore is currently in his fourth act on the national stage - Senator, Veep, Candidate, Crusader - and he's never looked better and hindsight has never been more wistful.

How about we finesse the Black Man without Experience issue with a Gore-Obama ticket, pre-commit Hillary as Secretary of State, and free up Bill to be Secretary General? That should lock in at least 16 years of peace and prosperity that would have the fundamentalists (as Glenn Greenwald has recently demonstrated, they are morally indistinguishable regardless of their religious choice)choking on their comfort.

Hey, it's Friday night.

America hasn't elected a senator for the Presidency since JFK, for good reason. It's too easy to distort their voting records and the modern Senate turns politicians into mealy-mouthed political sissies.

before getting elected?

LBJ - Veep

Nixon - Veep

Carter - Gov

Reagan - Gov

HW Bush - Veep

Clinton - Gov

W Bush - Veep

For over 40 years every Senator to run has failed badly.

( except Kerry. And Kerry would have lost in a landslide against any other incumbant. )

excuse please.

W was a Gov before "winning" in 2000.

Talk about a dream ticket! Gore's experience, Obama's charisma, both of them highly intelligent and progressive: that's a hell of a combination. It could set up 16 years of a Democratic Presidency, which is at least how long it's going to take for the country to recover from the trashing done to it by Monkey Boy and the Penguin.

As for Nader: if he runs, I volunteer to help build the trans-oceanic rail upon which to run his megalomaniac ass out of our nation once and for all.

I don't understand that attitude. And that's all it can be. Carter's latest book is 67 on amazon (pretty good based on its publication date) and 3 on the NYT Best Seller List. How is Carter a negative except for the wingers? As I read somewhere -- I can't recall -- those who hold Carter in little regard aren't going to vote for a Dem anyway - no matter who it is. If you spend any time listening to winger radio or reading winger sites, you'd know that they are into tearing down any and every Dem candidate.

I guess what I am trying to say is that a number of us haven't bought into the line of thinking that Carter is poison. Quite on the contrary, Carter's pestering of Gore makes me think I should lean in that same direction.

I didn't hear anyone bitching when Ross Perot split the ticket and put Bill Clinton in office.

If these so-called Democrats ran true to the ideals of their party, they wouldn't have to worry about a "spoiler." Hillary Clinton is running as a damn faux republican and no one can deny this. When she gets her ass handed to her, as she certainly will, Dems will have no one to blame but themselves. NOT Nader.

And if I hear one more "instilling hope, working together, blah blah blah" completely abstract platitudes from Obama one more time I'm going to stick a fork in my eye. No one wants to hear that dreamy crap. They want a PLAN.

So you've got Hillary "I voted for the war and I'm not apologizing and if you don't like it go f**k yourself" Clinton and Barak "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" Obama.

Ralph Nader is the least of the Democrats' worries.

John Edwards is the only one so far with any integrity and any concrete ideas. I say a Gore/Edwards ticket would be great.

No one in American history has had a more thorough preparation for the Presidency than Al Gore. He is obviously knowledgable, articulate, and has an intelligent sense of humor, unlike the little wooden toadstool from Texas that swiped the office from him in 2000. In addition to his time in the Senate and Vice-Presidency, by this time next year he may have both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize. Al Gore has respect for reality and scientific truth, again, in sharp contrast to the Commander-in-Thief currently ensconsed in the White House.

Barak Obama has much promise but I wish he had more experience. With 4 to 8 years in the Vice-President's office, Senator Obama should know the Presidency inside-out and be truly ready for office.

Of all the currently declared Democratic candidates, the only one that would force me to vote for a third party is carpetbagger schmoozer Hilary Clinton.