10.11.2007

Draft Gore?



Supporters of Gore Lead a Movement That Lacks a Candidate

U.S. / Politics
Supporters of Gore Lead a Movement That Lacks a Candidate
By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: October 11, 2007
Groups across the country have been raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in a last-ditch effort to pull Al Gore into a presidential race.

Intro:

With talk of a Nobel Peace Prize in the air and election deadlines looming, supporters of Al Gore have been raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for petition drives and advertising campaigns in a last-ditch effort to draft him into the Democratic presidential primaries.


Draft Gore, a national group that for several years has been trying to pull Mr. Gore into a presidential race, ran a full-page advertisement in The New York Times on Wednesday, as well as commercials on liberal radio talk shows, saying he had an obligation to seek the presidency again ...

Predictions: Nobel Peace Prize = Yes / Run for President = No.

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