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Monday, December 08, 2003
Gore's revenge. As John
Kerry might say, Al Gore's surprise
endorsement of Howard Dean
could be seen as a big F-you to Bill Clinton. Here's why: Kerry,
sadly, has fizzled. Dean has all but wrapped it up.
Though it's possible to concoct a
scenario by which Dick Gephardt might possibly win, the only
plausible person standing between Dean and the Democratic nomination
is the Clintons' candidate, Wesley Clark.
Endorsements don't mean much, but
the fact that Dean's renegade campaign has been embraced by the
ultimate Establishment Democrat surely counts for
something.
Josh
Marshall says it's an
F-you, too: to Joe Lieberman. Well, yes, it's that too, but Lieberman
wasn't going anywhere.
Kaus:
"Maybe Democratic primary voters would like to, you know, vote. New
Hampshirites, in particular, don't like to take orders." Mickey also
wonders whether Clinton might weigh in.
Read TNR's Ryan
Lizza on the split between
the Clinton and Gore wings of the party.
Andrew
Sullivan conveniently
overlooks the fact that Gore beat Sully's boy Bush by a half-million
votes.
John
Ellis calls the Gore
endorsement "a transformational event" for Dean.
Atrios:
"Looking around the net I see the responses range from 'Brilliant!'
to 'Al Gore has doomed the election!' with nothing in between. Can't
we all just get along."
Should be quite a debate tomorrow
night.
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