March 28, 2008
Gore On "60 Minutes" ... First Sit Down In Six Mos.
Al Gore sits down with Lesley Stahl on "60 Minutes" this Sunday in a rare interview -- rare because it's been almost six months since Gore had a serious sit down with a journalist. Gore's last TV interview was 11/5/07 on the "Today" show but that was for the program's "Today Goes Green" series. Politically, Gore's last interview was 9/26/07 when he talked with Wolf Blitzer on CNN's "Situation Room."
As for Gore's last big press run, it was in May 2007 when his book "The Assault on Reason" came out. During that month, Gore did the standard media tour -- the morning shows, "Larry King Live," "Nightline," and "Charlie Rose" -- plus stops on CBS' "Late Show" and the "Daily Show."
And for those keeping track, when Gore decided not to run for POTUS in '04, he gave the exclusive to Stahl.
(EMILY GOODIN)
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In my opinion I don’t believe that Gore’s entry into the Presidential race would be a good idea at this point in time. That is because I do not believe that supporters of either Senator Obama or Clinton would accept a compromise candidate. I further believe that his insurgency on the pretext of being a compromise candidate would be widely viewed as a move to undercut Senator Obama's popular candidacy. And I am afraid that this view of Gore’s insurgency would be prevalent among voters come election time, especially since Senator Obama, is the leading democratic candidate. And by all accounts is widely expected be the Democratic Party’s nominee for the presidency of the United States.
Gore's insurgent entrance into the race at this point, as a compromise candidate would be viewed by most voters, as him entering the race on the cheap, which in my opinion would weaken his candidacy since most voters would be keenly aware that he had not done the prerequisite hard campaigning work necessary to garner the public's support for his candidacy.
Thus he would be seen as depending upon the support mainly, of the leading candidate, to strengthen and legitimatize his candidacy. This in my opinion is a weak position and I don’t believe that Gore would compromise his reputation by allowing himself to be cast in such a roll. I strongly believe that for Gore to enter the presidential race as a compromise candidate at this time would be a colossal mistake and a glaring strategic blunder on the part of the Democratic Party’s leadership.
Let me say in closing that in my opinion Mr. Gore could best serve the Democratic Party by lending his time and wide-ranging influence in support of the eventual Democratic Party’s Presidential Nominee.
Daoud Abdela Azim | 04.01.08 05:44 PM
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