Maybe.
Right now he seems like the Dems equivalent of Fred Thompson. He's the guy on which people dissatisfied with the current crop of candidates have pinned their hopes. This would seem to leave him with a slightly smaller constituency among Democrats than Thompson has among Republicans, but I could also see supporters of Hillary, Obama and Edwards giving him a fresh look if he were to actually announce his candidacy. Personally, I think he'll do something similar to Newt Gingrich. He'll look at how the field develops over the summer, and if no candidate emerges as the clear front-runner, he'll get in the race. The other likely possibility is that he'll get in if one of the big three candidates falters. He may also get in just to stop Hillary getting the nomination, though I think he'd have to be pretty confident in his chances of winning the nomination himself to do that.
In the end, only Al Gore knows his own mind, and this only so much idle speculation. Still, I think Gore gets in the race before the end of the summer unless someone opens up a big lead by then.
Right now he seems like the Dems equivalent of Fred Thompson. He's the guy on which people dissatisfied with the current crop of candidates have pinned their hopes. This would seem to leave him with a slightly smaller constituency among Democrats than Thompson has among Republicans, but I could also see supporters of Hillary, Obama and Edwards giving him a fresh look if he were to actually announce his candidacy. Personally, I think he'll do something similar to Newt Gingrich. He'll look at how the field develops over the summer, and if no candidate emerges as the clear front-runner, he'll get in the race. The other likely possibility is that he'll get in if one of the big three candidates falters. He may also get in just to stop Hillary getting the nomination, though I think he'd have to be pretty confident in his chances of winning the nomination himself to do that.
In the end, only Al Gore knows his own mind, and this only so much idle speculation. Still, I think Gore gets in the race before the end of the summer unless someone opens up a big lead by then.
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