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...Devine's advocacy crossed the line toward conflict of interest, but Gore knew about their ties to Edwards--and skewered their enthusiasm with a remark about how much of his own money Edwards had spent to get elected. "For $6 million, a lot of people could be a good politician," he cracked. Until that final night, Gore kept his political team out of the decision-making process, vetting his short list with an outside army of lawyers led by former Secretary of State Warren Christopher. The consultants had their opinions, but until Sunday, Gore wasn't talking...
...Gore lowers his voice, signaling that he's about to take me into his confidence. "I don't consider myself," he says quietly, "a natural politician." Never let it be said the Vice President isn't capable of understatement. Gore lets a half-smile play across his face, a sign that he knows he's revealing the obvious. "The back-slapping political style is not my natural forte," he goes on. "I really, really love the process of democracy. I'm inspired by it. I'm thrilled by it. I'm not exaggerating here." He pauses. "Now the election process...
...there is an act of enormous will. He tries and tries and tries, and then you see him withdraw into himself, switch on the autopilot and plod along. And when that happens, his capacity for work is never diminished, but his capacity for joy--the light touch a politician needs--gets lost...
...Gore has also grabbed the lead on what may well turn out to be the last-word issue of this campaign: the budget. There is no surplus, folks, and the first politician to say that aloud will have my everlasting respect. But Gore is promising to keep the budget balanced and pay down the debt, and that's Alan Greenspan's favorite issue, which is good enough for me. Bush's numbers don't add up - this is where John Kasich would have come in handy as a running mate - and if they still don't, he'll lose...
...Nobody has said it in L.A. this week, but someday some politician will build a campaign around this: that the Joe Liebermans, Tipper Gores and Bill Bennetts of the world, who want to clean up popular culture - and you can't sanitize it without sapping its vitality - are advocating the post-Cold War equivalent of melting down our tanks. MTV! Love it or leave...