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NBC’s David Gregory reportedly told Tim Russert on Sunday that regarding the 2008 presidential race, former Vice President Al Gore ”wants to get into it, I know he does.“
Gregory didn’t explain how he knew this and naturally Russert failed to ask him to elaborate.  

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The 'Swiftboating' of former Vice President Al Gore has begun.
Fresh on the heels of his hugely successful documentary film, An Incovenient Truth, the radical right has swung into battle mode, attempting the squash the buzz that Democrats, hungry for a viable candidate to run for president in 2008, want Gore to throw his hat into the race.
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In his Sunday column for The New York Times, Frank Rich joined the chorus of those urging that former Vice President Al Gore run for president. Rich does not endorse him, but does suggest he is preferable to Hillary Clinton as a Democratic candidate.
The main reason: Unlike Hillary ("a weak candidate") he has shown leadership and [...]

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• Mary Cheney must be mainlining the Kool Aid through an IV drip.  This week, the whining GOP lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on the David Letterman show and opined, "Twenty-five million — 25 million people are free today who were not free three years ago in Iraq." Yes, little Mary sunshine, 25 million Iraqis are free, except [...]

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Is Vice President Al Gore running for president in 2008? All indications suggest the answer is yes.  
The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President Al Gore has assembled a Nashville, TN based operation to help with the demands on his time. He has hired longtime friend and top aide Roy Neel to head the office, and environmental [...]

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