Don't Be Surprised at a Dem Ticket That Includes Gore

A Florida Dem congressman thinks a Gore-Somebody ticket is very much a possibility should the Democrats go to Denver without a clear winner:

U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, whose district includes much of Martin and St. Lucie counties, is hoping he won’t have to attend the Democratic Party national convention in Denver in August.

If he does go, that will mean the Democrats still haven’t decided a nominee for the presidential election. And if neither Sen. Hillary Clinton nor Sen. Barack Obama has clinched the nomination by August, Mahoney says we may see a brokered convention, meaning the nominee could emerge from a negotiated settlement.

“If it (the nomination process) goes into the convention, don’t be surprised if someone different is at the top of the ticket,” Mahoney said.

A compromise candidate could be someone such as former vice president Al Gore, Mahoney said last week during a meeting with this news organization’s editorial board.

If either Clinton or Obama suggested to a deadlocked convention a ticket of Gore-Clinton or Gore-Obama, the Democratic Party would accept it, Mahoney said.

Mahoney, who is one of the superdelegates who gets to cast a vote at the convention, hasn’t endorsed a candidate. He said he doesn’t intend to endorse anyone because “I don’t see it as my job as a district representative” to endorse a nominee for the presidential race.

Although some Democrats may have pleasant daydreams considering this possibility, it would be a genuine nightmare for the Dems. If it's Gore-Clinton, say goodbye to the black vote and the young voters who are new to the process. If it's Gore-Obama, say goodbye to the women who will feel mightily peeved that a woman was kicked off the ticket.

Gore has so many problems in his resume (inventing the Internet, etc), not to mention his religious fervor for global warming and the errors in his award-winning movie, I doubt that America would be all that impressed with the possibility that he might become president.

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