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...Klein missed the obvious implication of Gore's endorsement of Dean: Gore expects Dean to lose big and is positioning himself to lay claim to Dean's followers for the 2008 election. Yale Zussman Weymouth...
...Democrats Joe Klein's column on how Al Gore's endorsement of Howard Dean is changing the Democratic Party [Dec. 22] comes down to this: Dean and Gore are angry and hate George W. Bush. Is that a winning [presidential] campaign strategy? Highly unlikely. Hoping that things go badly in the economy and in Iraq is not a philosophy the American people will latch on to. Dean is doomed by his own anger. Jim Slemaker Los Angeles...
This is classic populism--"the people versus the powerful"--and four years after Al Gore unsuccessfully ran on that slogan, populism is at the heart of not just Dean's campaign but almost every Democratic presidential candidacy. Senator John Edwards puts the case most elegantly: "This is an Administration that rewards wealth, not work." Dick Gephardt is the protectionist tribune of the antique industrial unions. Aristocratic John Kerry rails effectively against "Benedict Arnold" corporations that set up headquarters overseas to avoid paying taxes at home. Even mild, moderate Joe Lieberman has a tax plan to soak the rich and further...
...September 2002, Gore was ticketed by military police in Virginia for driving under the influence...
...August of 2000, he was arrested for speeding at almost 100 mph in North Carolina. During a court hearing that November, Gore pled guilty to speeding. A reckless driving charge was dropped, and he was ordered to pay a $125 fine...