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GORE MIGHT STILL RUN. . . DESCRIBES SYSTEM AS A WASHING MACHINE
PERMANENTLY ON THE SPIN CYCLE
BEVERLY KEEL, TENNESSEAN - Former Vice President Al Gore said today that
he still hasn't ruled out a presidential bid in 2008, but he doesn't
expect to run and might not possess the skills necessary to be elected
president now. . . When asked today if he had ruled out a presidential
bid in 2008, he said, "No. But I don't want anyone to interpret that
answer as throwing a little red meat out for speculation. I am just
being candid. But I don't expect to get into this race. I have given the
reasons why. I strongly prefer to serve in other ways.". . .
When asked whether he just didn't have it in him to go through another
campaign, he replied, "No, that's not it at all. A couple of my friends
have said over the last year, 'Al, why don't you take a break and run
for president?'
"It's not the hard work or the controversies or the constant battles -
I'm going through that right now. If you look at the analysis of what's
wrong in the political system that is contained in this book, that's
really the most important reason why I feel it may be better for me to
focus whatever talents and experiences I have on trying to fix that
system and to mobilize a majority in favor of solving the climate crisis
rather than throwing myself once again into that system before it is
fixed and getting into the same set of incentives that create the kind
of political dialogue we have today. It may be easier to fix it from the
outside.
"Again, I haven't ruled out for all time thinking about politics again.
It's just that the way it works now, I don't think that the skills I
have are the ones that are most likely to be rewarded within this
system. It's like a washing machine that is permanently set on the spin
cycle. It doesn't stop spinning. That creates real problems for a
politics based on reason."
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070601/NEWS0201/70601066
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HILLARY CLINTON STILL SPONGING OFF GUPTA
THE NY TIMES REPORTS that Vinod Gupta - CEO of a data firm that has been
supplying names to firms taking advantage of seniors and others -
committed to raise $50,000 for a Clinton fundraiser Thursday. It's not
much compared with the millions that Gupta has already funneled to the
Clintons, but it's interesting because neither Gupta nor Clinton is
showing the slightest embarrassment over the recent revelations about
Info USA, his firm. Clinton shrugged it off by saying she followed
Senate rules.
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BIDEN AND KUCINICH ONLY DEMS NOT WIMPING OUT ON FOX - BLACK CAUCUS
DEBATE
BEVERLEY WANG, AP - Joe Biden on Friday questioned how his Democratic
presidential rivals could skip a debate involving the Congressional
Black Caucus. The Delaware senator, who will participate in a New
Hampshire debate on Sunday, is one of two candidates signed onto a fall
debate on Fox News and the sole person who has agreed to an Iraq - only
debate next week. . . "I agreed to go because my friends in the Black
Caucus said this is a very important debate to be able to determine the
difference among us on matters relating to the African - American
community," Biden said. "Wherever the Black Caucus asks me to go, I will
go," he added. Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich is the only other candidate who
has agreed to the Fox debate. John Edwards and Sens. Hillary Rodham
Clinton and Barack Obama are not attending. New Mexico Gov. Bill
Richardson and Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd said this week that they will
not participate.
MORE POLITICAL NEWS
http://prorev.com/politics.htm
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GORE MIGHT STILL RUN. . . DESCRIBES SYSTEM AS A WASHING MACHINE
PERMANENTLY ON THE SPIN CYCLE
BEVERLY KEEL, TENNESSEAN - Former Vice President Al Gore said today that
he still hasn't ruled out a presidential bid in 2008, but he doesn't
expect to run and might not possess the skills necessary to be elected
president now. . . When asked today if he had ruled out a presidential
bid in 2008, he said, "No. But I don't want anyone to interpret that
answer as throwing a little red meat out for speculation. I am just
being candid. But I don't expect to get into this race. I have given the
reasons why. I strongly prefer to serve in other ways.". . .
When asked whether he just didn't have it in him to go through another
campaign, he replied, "No, that's not it at all. A couple of my friends
have said over the last year, 'Al, why don't you take a break and run
for president?'
"It's not the hard work or the controversies or the constant battles -
I'm going through that right now. If you look at the analysis of what's
wrong in the political system that is contained in this book, that's
really the most important reason why I feel it may be better for me to
focus whatever talents and experiences I have on trying to fix that
system and to mobilize a majority in favor of solving the climate crisis
rather than throwing myself once again into that system before it is
fixed and getting into the same set of incentives that create the kind
of political dialogue we have today. It may be easier to fix it from the
outside.
"Again, I haven't ruled out for all time thinking about politics again.
It's just that the way it works now, I don't think that the skills I
have are the ones that are most likely to be rewarded within this
system. It's like a washing machine that is permanently set on the spin
cycle. It doesn't stop spinning. That creates real problems for a
politics based on reason."
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070601/NEWS0201/70601066
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HILLARY CLINTON STILL SPONGING OFF GUPTA
THE NY TIMES REPORTS that Vinod Gupta - CEO of a data firm that has been
supplying names to firms taking advantage of seniors and others -
committed to raise $50,000 for a Clinton fundraiser Thursday. It's not
much compared with the millions that Gupta has already funneled to the
Clintons, but it's interesting because neither Gupta nor Clinton is
showing the slightest embarrassment over the recent revelations about
Info USA, his firm. Clinton shrugged it off by saying she followed
Senate rules.
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BIDEN AND KUCINICH ONLY DEMS NOT WIMPING OUT ON FOX - BLACK CAUCUS
DEBATE
BEVERLEY WANG, AP - Joe Biden on Friday questioned how his Democratic
presidential rivals could skip a debate involving the Congressional
Black Caucus. The Delaware senator, who will participate in a New
Hampshire debate on Sunday, is one of two candidates signed onto a fall
debate on Fox News and the sole person who has agreed to an Iraq - only
debate next week. . . "I agreed to go because my friends in the Black
Caucus said this is a very important debate to be able to determine the
difference among us on matters relating to the African - American
community," Biden said. "Wherever the Black Caucus asks me to go, I will
go," he added. Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich is the only other candidate who
has agreed to the Fox debate. John Edwards and Sens. Hillary Rodham
Clinton and Barack Obama are not attending. New Mexico Gov. Bill
Richardson and Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd said this week that they will
not participate.
MORE POLITICAL NEWS
http://prorev.com/politics.htm
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