In less than a month summer will officially start, but the Democratic Party remains without a consensus voice for democracy within the country. This is definitely apparent among the front-runners vying for the presidential nomination because there is no clear-cut favorite in the early primary/caucus states.
In Iowa, Edwards has a razor thin 3-percentage point advantage over Hillary Clinton (27% to 24% lead on her), while Obama is coming in closely at third with 20%. (Based on 5 polls) However, in the state of New Hampshire (the first presidential primary) Clinton has a commanding double-digit cushion over both Obama and Edwards. Therefore, there is a true diverse imbalance between the political loyalties between the voters of Iowa and New Hampshire. (As a side note, New Hampshire is an open primary; therefore independent voters can participate in this process). This development is truly strange because national political research shows white independent voters tend to favor either Edwards or Obama over Clinton.
Without a doubt, the polls clearly show the strengthening volatility that exists in the democratic/independent electorate making it increasingly favorable for a candidate such as Al Gore to enter his name into the presidential gauntlet. Currently, he is strategically waiting things out for the right moment to officially announce his presidential candidacy on the highest possible note. As expected there has not been any separation created among the candidates in the polling of Iowa Caucus voters, which makes it, clear to me there is plenty of room for the former Vice President to launch his campaign.
In conclusion, those 3:1 odds that he’ll actually win the Nobel Peace Prize better be soon attached to the chances that he will be running for president come late summer/early fall. If I were a betting man I would say there is a 50% to 60% chance that he will be running for the nomination. Furthermore, you can expect the anti-Hillary crowd within the Democratic Party to be fully screaming that she can’t win in the general election no matter who the republican’s nominee is for president. All I can say is can you imagine a Gore/Obama ticket in 2008. If you call this ticket unbeatable you are making an understatement without a doubt. In my opinion, it would be the strongest presidential ticket in modern political history. It would be the clash of the titans of yester-year and the intermediate future rolled all into one. (We wouldn’t have to worry about having a re-count this time around because we would win in a landslide in both Ohio and Florida).
I currently know John Edwards and Barack Obama are the two leading favorites among kossacks, but don’t tell me you wouldn’t support Al Gore if he decided come late August or early fall that he has officially decided that he wants to be the 44th President of the United States. There is no doubt in my mind that among current front-runners that John Edwards is the most electible Democrat in the general election, but there are still many questions to ask about the strength of a ticket consisting of Mr. Edwards. As the democratic nominees are currently constituted I favor John Edwards and truly believe he will make it all the way to Whitehouse, but a ticket with Al Gore would keep the Democrats in power on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave for years to come.