Al Gore ~ 1st Place in DFA Presidential Poll!

Lovin' it!

YES!!!

we are speaking loud and clear...I hope you are listening Mr. Gore

We need a landslide to undo all of the damage of the past 7 years. Al Gore is the only candidate that will have the coattails necessary to move forward to stop the war and repair our image; provide universal, single-payer health care, address the adjustments needed to our trade policies (and I don't know what needs to happen on that front); retrieve the Constitution of the United States from destruction; and of course Al will immediately move to reduce our impact on Global Warming. Al has the international credibility to be the leader of the free world. We need Americans and the people of the world to be proud of ourselves. We don't need to think that we are better than others. We need to believe that we are part of the a world that is seeking health and happiness for as many as possible. We can do it, but we need a leader who can lead. We not only need Al Gore to be President, but we need bright, energetic people in Congress willing to educate the American people about their rights, our philosophy as Americans, and our power as individuals to accomplish positive goals. We can be a sophisticated country again. We can understand what is important. We can care. This administration wants us dumb and dead. We need our children to become eager to understand and learn because opportunity comes with those attributes. Right now there is no visible opportunity. Medicare is a joke. The total yearly allocation for rehabilitation medicine is something on the order of $1,746.00. That is supposed to cover physical, speech and occupational therapy. How far will that go for a stroke victim or someone with a new knee??? We have the capacity and the talent to help our people to recover fromdevastating health issues. The human body has tremendous resilience. $1,746.00 is tantamount to a death sentence for many of our elderly who need more time with therapists to fully recover.
We can be proud Americans again. There is so much to do and so little time. We need Al Gore, and we need him now. The past 7 years will go down in history as a phenomenal tragedy and a complete waste. He may not be "planning to run", but he is going to do it because America needs a credible, articulate candidate with no agenda beyond bringing us back from the edge of the abyss! Peej

yes this one Internet poll is the clincher for sure...

I'm glad you expressed your doubts; that's what makes interactive democracy such a great thing. It begins a conversation. From my point of view, I would say that more than 30% of over 52,000 votes does say something to a lot of people, especially when those people had to go to the trouble of writing his name in. There are several other polls out there that suggest Al Gore will do very well once he announces his candidacy. You can read about them here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/18/0126/6117 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/17/0418/9436 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/10/184837/05
If you like Al Gore and everything he is accomplishing, then what's your hesitation to having him as our president?

Don't forget John Edwards came in a strong second. Does it make you wonder why the corporate media is ignoring him? Because they know he will win and they are afraid of him. Are we going to let them choose our candidate again? I hope not. John Edwards is taking no corporate money. Just donations from people like us. That's why he has a lot less money than Clinton and Obama. He won't owe big business a dime. Integrity isn't expensive.

We have to keep this momentum up. Don't lose hope because we don't have an answer yet. Contribute what you can whether ir be money, your thoughts, or your opinions. I believe that Al Gore is watching this dialogue between all of us play out. I have never seen so many heartfelt pleas. Imagine actually voting for someone you would love to see in office...no just the best of the bunch. It would sure be a first for me.

lol @ peej..... coattails... i like that.

There's a few more things we can do to advance the conversation with and about Mr. Gore.

#1
Every article you find about global warming/climate crisis that allows comments, mention the other policy issue statements Mr. Gore has made on current.com. That will drive traffic here and get people to realize that he isn't a one-issue candidate. We know it, but others may not.f

#2
Besides participating in online polls and petitions, find active chapters (for your area) at DraftGore.com and AlGore.org and volunteer to do some boots-on-the-ground stuff. There are some serious ballot signature collecting campaigns going on in states with upcoming deadlines and your help is needed.

#3
Try to get your local paper to write an article about your participation in this movement. That is free advertising for the objective.

#4
Talk to everyone you come in contact with about their thoughts on the upcoming election. I had a conversation with a man in a parking lot because I noticed that he noticed my bumper sticker. He had the meme talking points, but I had counter-points. We compared Al Gore with the current candidates (and he told me a Hillary joke). By the end of the conversation, he said he would think about what I said and would consider voting for Gore.

I know many of you are already doing some or all of these things, but we have to keep in mind that it's not enough to ask Mr. Gore to run. We have to prove it by our actions to get more people involved.

Hmmm, this is starting to sound like a diary, so I think I'll jump over to my favorite site for diaries. Follow me if you wish :)

This is fantastic. Democracy For America is the core group of social progressives, chaired by Howard Dean, Jan, you know, the same guy that chairs the Democratic National Committee? This group is widely considered to be the heart of the Democratic party. The people have spoken and apparently the people want Gore, so get over it.

Gore is in first place in the first poll that actually matters.
Can't wait for the word. It's close.

goodsnservices "Democracy For America is the core group of social progressives, chaired by Howard Dean, Jan, you know, the same guy that chairs the Democratic National Committee?" His brother heads DFA now. Howard can't do both. He founded it. It still operates under the same principals but Jim Dean is running it.

PLEASE please please reconsider, Vice President Gore. We NEED you. Your intelligence and experience is critical for our future NOW. PLEASE run to be re-elected our President. Yes, politics is a nasty world, but as President you CAN make real and profound changes. Please reconsider and allow me and the 29%+ of Democrats that would vote/work for you (even before you agree to do so) to help in your re-election. Please!

Yes, we really need Al Gore to run for president.

I keep hearing the pundits say "We have already got a lot of good candidates. Gore will never come in." Well, "we" is not enough and "good" is not enough. America as a WHOLE (and that means everyone, in every party) needs a GREAT leader now...even more effective than Bush has been disastrous. There's only one person out there that I can see who can hope to quickly unite the country and get us busy repairing not only the damage the Bush/Cheney administration has done but also the damage the human race has done. Who else can help us cut through the mud-thick despair and hopelessness now engulfing the planet? It's a very tall order, and one person cannot do it alone, but Al Gore, I believe, is capable of inspiring all Americans and the world to do what must be done if we are to survive. I believe he has the maturity and the wisdom to brush aside the garbage that will be thrown at him and get on with it. He's already done pretty much as much as he can do outside of the White House. We cannot afford for him NOT to get into the race. The entire length and breadth of human history is calling you, Al. Together, we will not let you fail us.

CBS conducted a poll with a 5% polling error (meaning they polled about 500 people or less) and it put Hillary first with Gore second, at around 30%. Heh. The DFA poll stands at 95,000+ respondents right now, with an error of less than 1% at that number. More people probably heard about the CBS poll even though the DFA poll is likely a much more accurate reflection of sentiment out there.

I don't understand the huge spurt in Kucinich's tally. Nothing against him personally, just seems a bit fishy. I went back and recast my vote just in case my email was hijacked---is it possible to hijack emails en mass and use them to chang the vote?

"This is fantastic. Democracy For America is the core group of social progressives, chaired by Howard Dean, Jan, you know, the same guy that chairs the Democratic National Committee? This group is widely considered to be the heart of the Democratic party. The people have spoken and apparently the people want Gore, so get over it." goodsnservices...//
No, you don't want Al Gore from your comments... You and others just don't want Hillary Clinton more.There's a difference. And you are all playing the same game the media is... you are trying to sell that her candidacy is a foregone conclusion just to use it as an excuse to badger Mr. Gore when there are other candidates and a whole year to go in this. And I would love to see him run in a system not like this one and one that truly appreciated him for his vision and supported him in that previously, but not the one he is being pushed into by people who hate the others more than they support him especially now with the momentum he has gained on the world stage. Also he didn't make this mess and I for one will be damned if I am going to bully him into doing something he truly believes is not something that is right for him now because what he is doing is more important. Who are you to tell him what to do? Also, polls prove nothing as they are based on emotionalism and not reason, and can easily be skewed, especially ones that you can vote more than once in and I believe Mr.Gore has expressed that same sentiment not only in his book, but after the last "election" he was part of where he swore them off. So the only thing needed to get over is the incessant obsession with pushing this man into the fray simply because you want it easy for yourself. Too bad this country and the Democratic party couldn't support him when he was there and it did matter.

Your anger towards the draft Gore movement is getting a little peculiar Jan.

Al Gore will not be badgered into doing anything. If he wants to run he will. He can win and he is aware of it. He is probably doing more than a little considering about the job. I won't blame him if he passes it up. I don't think he will. He cares too much about the world to watch what is happening continue. He gives up a comfortable private life for......... A terrible mess and thankless awful hard job. What would you do? He's trying to decide.

I agree that Al won't be "badgered" -- but a strong draft movement isn't badgering, it's encouragement. It proves that the support is significant, and that's a factor to consider when you're making a decision like this, especially after the nightmare of the 2000 election. Jan, where do you get the idea that people in the draft movement only want Gore because he's not as bad as Hillary? That is just preposterous! Really, now... people are working like crazy because they're inspired by the man. Geez. And you know what else? Gore has not said that he won't run. What he has said is that there's no reason to run a 600-day campaign, and one can hardly blame him for that. He doesn't call off the draft movement's efforts and doesn't interfere with their activities at his personal appearances. He's obviously considering jumping in. And besides, Tipper told my friend's aunt months ago (my friend's uncle was in the Clinton administration) that "a strong draft movement" could be a deciding factor in convincing him to run. So, if you would like to see Gore be our next president, assist the draft movement!

Badgering is such a negative word. I think Al would prefer "hounding" and I do think he could be hounded into doing something if it is done by "the People"... AND I think he would respect it, because in fact he asked us to hound leaders until we get a commitment from them. Here is a quote he made back in April, "…in an election year, regardless of what party you're in, if you feel strongly… you should go and confront these candidates and you should tell them, 'This is important to me, I'm not going away; I want you to make a commitment' and just hound them until they make a commitment..."
(http://current.com/items/85396601_al_gore_on_green_energy_in_poor_areas -click on link in upper left)

So... Al, this is important to me, I'm not going away; I want you to make a commitment and (since you told me to) I guess I will just hound you until you make a commitment... (either way, a commitment for or against I will respect, but until then, I will not go away until you make a commitment)