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...Gore must take comfort in the story of Andrew Jackson. A Tennessean like Gore, Jackson won the popular vote in the presidential election of 1828 but lost the election itself; a lot of folks thought he was robbed. Four years later, Old Hickory won the White House in a landslide. That may help explain why Gore has chosen, as his first big public moment after eight months in the post-election wilderness, to deliver the keynote address at next month's Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Iowa--the same high-profile party event at which Gore, in 2000, played oratorical...
Before his political career, Gore worked as a reporter for The Tennessean, a daily newspaper in Nashville. But the associate dean for academic affairs at Columbia's school of journalism said Gore's experience with public policy would be his most valuable asset...
...president and told Bill to stay home. I can see why Al would initially want to create this distance, but come crunch time in the fall, Al should have campaigned with Bill on the issues and sent Bill out to preach the gospel of Al. Doesn't the Tennessean realize that if the Rhodes scholar were to run again, he would easily defeat his veep and W.? The most successful politician qua politician of our day, Bill still gets 60 percent approval ratings, as if the Gallup Poll keeps on questioning the same pool. Al failed to use his lame...
...made me feel even better about Melba and George. It all got started in 1963 when Jones' producer, Pappy Daily, signed up Montgomery to a record deal that led to some touring and some recording (and, according to some reports, some romance). Singing-wise, it was a great match. Tennessean Montgomery's bluegrassy, somewhat reedy voice both contrasted and complemented Texan Jones' more mellow sound...
Mexican War proponent--and Tennessean--James K. Polk, whose former residence lies only 100 yards from the War Memorial Plaza, the center of Gore's aborted Tuesday night victory celebration. Now, Gore can only hope history smiles twice on Tennessee...