Lots of my friends are very excited about the possibility of a Gore 2008 candidacy. (I remember when the announcement hit Daily Kos that Gore had hired back one of his consultants from 2000. The Kossacks were so excited that Gore might be running again that they actually forgot to complain about consultants who lose presidential campaigns.) I feel the need to express some of my worries, on the theme of whether Gore could actually win the general election. So if you’re a big Gore fan, here are some pitches for you to swing at:
First: What image ofGore will be distributed by the national media in 2008? For all the disintermediation talk, in the 2008 general election, the vast majority of voters are going to be getting their information through the mainstream media. The media, including its nonpartisan elements, was particularly brutal to him in 2000. Now, the new Gore’s image is clearly going to be different from the old Gore’s, which is good. But what is it going to be?
