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Gore’s endorsement of Dean has set off all kinds of theories as to what he is up to. Here's one take.
Dean has said that upon getting the nomination his first act will be to fire Terry McAuliffe, head of the DNC. McAuliffe was put there by Bill Clinton and he is Clinton’s man. So firing him is a direct confrontation to Clinton. Now Gore is endorsing Dean and thus by implication giving an “in your face” to Bill Clinton.
Some are saying that Gore is setting himself up to run for president in 2008. That theory presupposes that Dean will loose next year. If Gore is setting himself up to run in 2008 and Hillary CERTAINLY is, then it will make for a very interesting contest. It could be the best show since P.T. Barnum.
Posted by Ted at December 11, 2003 12:16 PMAnother theory now is that Hillary will try a run against Dean at the last minute. I'd love to see that. Talk about fireworks.
Regardless, it was a horrible slap in the face to Joe Lieberman, who was decent enough to see if Gore was going to run in 2004. That was really bad on Dean's part.
Dean would have beat out Lieberman, who would have probably been out of the race by April or May. Gore could have waited until then to back Dean.
I did love it when he went to Clinton's territory in Harlem, NY. Gore is taking a shot at all of them.
At least Kerry had the guts to defend Joe Lieberman.
Gore didn't do ANYONE any favors. He made himself look bad, took a swipe at the Clintons, slapped Joe Lieberman in the face, and put the voodoo on Dean. Don't you just love watching the Democrats scramble?
Reb Orrell, III