More Gore Talk
Rolling Stone has yet another article arguing that laying low and being an environmentalist icon is a brilliant strategy for Gore's inevitable run. Quoted is Carville who, as a Hillary supporter, is no doubt wanting to re-paint Gore as a lying, conniving politician when he says, despite Gore's claims to the contrary, "He's going to run, and he's going to be formidable. If he didn't run, I'd be shocked."

I still think he probably won't run. There are 3 strong candidates in the race now, and it's not like they're all conservative. But, here's a thought I had reading the Rolling Stone piece. Suppose a close contentious Dem primary chooses Hillary, after liberals divide among Obama and Edwards, leaving many Dem supporters with a bad taste in their mouth. What if Gore then jumped in as an independent? And what if he convinced a high-profile Republican - say, Colin Powell - to run as his VP? And run a Perot-style anti-party, pro-unity campaign? Could he win that way? Would you vote for him?