Not that I would like for him to run, but why is he ignoring this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? 2008 is the only year in which he would be guarenteed victory if he runs, so why doesn't he test the waters or something? Thoughts?
He wouldn't be guaranteed victory, certainly, but I do think he'd have a very very good chance. (Better than any individual, in fact, although <50%.) There are two possible answers to your question.
a) he is running
b) he doesn't want to. he doesn't want to be bothered with a year-plus campaign (which is why he may jump in in the fall) and doesn't want to be a politician again. (perhaps the reason Gore is so amazing right now is because he's
not a politician. also another theory I heard, and I can buy this one, is because the last loss was so damn painful, he doesn't want to face the prospect of losing again and that would destroy him emotionally - he was trainwrecked after losing in 2000. remember, he went into seclusion for months, grew a beard, etc.
