GORE'S VOICE WILL BE STRONGER THAN EVER STATEWIDE Edition

Oddly, [Al Gore] becomes a stronger Democratic spokesman for not running. While other Democrats scramble for advantage in the 2004 nomination contest, Gore can make arguments -- for national health insurance, for fiscal responsibility, for social justice, for a foreign policy that wins rather than l...

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Published inThe Hartford courant
Main Authors E.J. Dionne Jr, E.J. Dionne is a syndicated writer in Washington and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a liberal think tank
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hartford, Conn Tribune Interactive, LLC 17.12.2002
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Arneson, Arnie
Gore, Albert Jr
Nixon, Richard M
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Summary:Oddly, [Al Gore] becomes a stronger Democratic spokesman for not running. While other Democrats scramble for advantage in the 2004 nomination contest, Gore can make arguments -- for national health insurance, for fiscal responsibility, for social justice, for a foreign policy that wins rather than loses allies -- without anyone saying he's fermenting sour grapes. Gore is free as no Democratic candidate for president will be free. Some of Gore's close friends had urged him to ponder how Richard Nixon orchestrated his comeback. It was not a comparison Gore much liked, but it was shrewd nonetheless. Recall that Nixon lost the 1960 election very narrowly, and many Republicans thought -- not irrationally -- that his defeat was the product of Democratic vote fraud in Illinois and Texas. Nixon let his party fight out its differences in the 1964 Republican primaries and came back four years later as the man who could pull the party together.
ISSN:1047-4153