How record breaking? The second segment on Anderson Cooper 360 was all about a possible Gore run in '08. First up was a woman reporter from the Wall Steet Journal who just did a piece on Al's movie. Anderson asked what she thought about a Gore run, and she commented that he is suddenly looking real good to people in retrospect, in a "woulda, coulda, shoulda way"... and that "people are facinated by the notion of Al running again". She got more e-mail responces to her Gore piece than she has to anything else since she started working at the journal....
16 years ago.
That's huge! I think what we are witnessing is beginning of the next wave, and it will be bigger than last wave that shook the Washington elites to their core... the Dean wave.
More below.
What do I mean, you ask? Remember how Dean emmerged overnight as a powerhouse? That's because he caught the wave that was forming, the wave made up by people like me who had never been involved before. We were looking for a leader, someone to give us a voice, because Bushco had us freaked out of our minds. Then came Howard and the "What I want to know" speech and we had found our man, we found our voice, and he was transformed into "People Powered Howard" in short order. I find it hard to believe that an overwhelming e-mail responce like this could be anything else but an spontaneous reponce to Gore by the new legions who have awakened to the horror that is Bushco.
Further evidence? Last night I stumbled on to a Gore piece on the Huffington Post that was quite good, more stuff about why he should run etc... But what was more encouraging was the comments. Over 130 I believe. I had been there at the beginning of the Dean wave (May '03) and got onto the Dean blog pre-Sleepless Summer tour. I mention this because the comments reminded me of those early days on the blog. Can't say exactly why it seemed that way, other than the fact that many appeared to be newcomers to the game, and the general tone of the hero worship.
All anadotal evidence I know. On the other hand, why is talk of Gore emmerging everywhere these days? Isn't it passing strange that all this seems to be coming from his release of "artsy" wonkish film about the possible end of the world as we know it?
One of the pundits on Anderson Cooper said that the release of this film was as big as the Devinchi code. He must have been referring to the political impact, because no one could say it will have the same box office take.
David Gergen said "I do think he is back in the mix, and the movie put him back in the mix."
It is Gore's hour.
Let's elect him again.
