This is really overdue. DKos has energy for Al Gore, lets put it to use. I feel like we shoulda gotten together on this years ago. There was a few faltering efforts - and there's lots of activity going on spread throughout different organizations. But more can be done, and we can provide some extra energy. The time is nigh for critical action.
There's tons of people clamoring to Draft Al Gore. And a couple actual competant organizations:
http://www.draftgore.com
http://www.algore.org
http://www.draftgore2008.org
http://groups.google.com/...
But I think the Kos community can be a good place for this movement to be active.
Anybody with me so far?
More than just talking, lets do a little action. There's a number of little projects we could do to help galvanize support. And I think we could probably find helpful hands in other places - MyDD and BloggersforGore, for instance.
Some projects we could tackle:
- organize an informal Al Gore roundup post - like the Edwards folks have been doing - post to DK and MyDD - could be twice weekly
- Organize a list of Gore organizations divided by state -- 50StatesForGore.com -- and encourage new Gore networks in new states (this overlaps with some of the work done by AlGore.org)
- Try to spread the Gore/Obama meme. Even if Barack is not the eventual VP candidate, in my experience this idea just gets people excited (and onboard way quick.) There should be a million Gore/Obama bumper stickers on cars by September - wouldn't that be cool? Maybe we could make it happen
- organize a comprehensive Gore links page (I did this once, could bring it back)
- build a "GoreHub" to compete with HillaryHub - A Gore news focal point
- build a list of bloggers and ACTIVISTS who are willing to really work for Gore
Anybody with me? The environment is so crazy right now (no pun intended), I feel like even a tiny bit of effort could help get the critical mass going. And DK is the heart of it all!