POLITICO: Despite some hopeful speculation among Democrats that Al Gore might jump into the 2016 presidential race in the face of Hillary Clinton’s troubles, people close to the former vice president and Democratic nominee say he’s not considering it…
One likely reason for the current speculation about Gore is that Clinton is facing new iterations of email-gate, flagging poll numbers and still-surging Bernie Sanders-mania, despite a conviction among many Democratic strategists that Sanders is not electable. And strategists know that if Clinton falters, there are probably only two tried-and-true Democratic candidates who can be considered experienced enough to step in: Vice President Joe Biden is one (and is said to be actively considering a run), and the other is Gore, Biden’s Democratic predecessor as veep. (A possible third might be 2004 loser John Kerry, with the current secretary of state now riding high over his diplomatic coup in Geneva to curtail Iran’s nuclear program.)
Gore has stayed entirely out of presidential politics since he won the popular vote but lost the White House 15 years ago. In a phone interview, Democratic strategist James Carville said while he also “hasn’t heard” anything from the Gore camp, he wouldn’t be surprised if Gore weren’t at least considering the possibilities. “Running for president is like having sex. No one did it once and forgot about it. If you can do it, you want to do it again, it’s something you don’t get out of your system.” He also noted this was a “very fluid cycle, and it’s still early in the process.”… (more)
EDITOR: Former Vice President Al Gore passed up the opportunity to run against George W. Bush a second time in 2008 when, in the opinion of many, he likely would have won. Had there not been a ‘butterfly ballot’ in Palm Beach County, Florida or there had been a state wide re-count, Gore would have been president. (This was later established by a consortium of highly reputable newspapers.) Also, he had a plurality of 500,000 votes nationwide over Bush.
Gore is 68 years old.
Actually you’d be wrong because he knew and Kerry found out too late with all the attention on FL the GOP rigged the vote electronically in Ohio. Example being, Kucinich won re-election but the same number of people in Cleveland voting for him split their ballot and voted for Bush instead of Kerry. Right, not buying it.
Gore already lost to a woman once, didn’t want to lose to another one.