"Plans for Al Gore to take the Democratic presidential nomination as the saviour of a bitterly divided party are being actively discussed by senior figures and aides to the former vice-president.
The bloody civil war between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has left many Democrats convinced that neither can deliver a knockout blow to the other and that both have been so damaged that they risk losing November's election to the Republican nominee, John McCain.
Former Gore aides now believe he could emerge as a compromise candidate acceptable to both camps at the party's convention in Denver during the last week of August.
Two former Gore campaign officials have told The Sunday Telegraph that a scenario first mapped out by members of Mr Gore's inner circle last May now has a sporting chance of coming true."
I'm not buying the idea that algore will make everything right for the Democrats. True, this could be one election Gore may be able to successfully steal. Even so, I don't count on the Hildebeast to go quietly. This was supposed to be her coronation. She was entitled to be the Democrat nominee and the President after putting up with her in-heat hubby and living among those "sh*tkickers" in Arkansas whom she looked down her nose at. Even if she is pushed aside for Gore, I wouldn't be surprised if she goes Tanya Harding on him. Remember how there was no love lost between the Clintons and Gores.
Likewise, many of Obama's supporters will resent him having to step aside for Gore.
Liberals for years have decried the "lack of civility" in politics. The Clintons and their acolytes have been the biggest practitioners of this. They've spent the last fifteen years dividing the nation among racial, economic and partisan lines, all while blaming the "vast right wing conspiracy" for the divisions they, the Left, polished like a fine piece of wedding silver. Now, it's come back to bite them, as they're dividing their own party.
More chips and salsa, please!
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As an Obama supporter I wouldn't mind a compromise where Gore got the nomination, since I think he at least has a track record of winning the popular vote in a general election. That was before he won a Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar. Gore/Obama would be a great ticket.
You guys have Mccain/Romney -- so no gloating.
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