23 October 2006
Out: Warner, In: Gore
Let me excerpt Political Wire then make a few comments:
Ok, first of all, Robert Novak is the far-right's Prince of Darkness, so it's hard to trust much of anything he writes. And what he says about Gore being to Hillary's left and Warner being to her right is nonsense: modern US politics are far too complex to categorize that simplistically, and Novak should know better.
That said, I think it has become clear that Warner was in many ways a guy Gore would've supported: big on building a high-tech America, with access for all, and also understanding the necessity of building modern scientific/environmental thought into all levels of policymaking. So, does Gore see an opening now (even more than before)?
The other guy making 2008 headlines now is, of course, Barack Obama. If I had to guess, I'd say he won't run. Not to be too cynical, but he did just release a book, and all of this president-in-the-making talk can't be hurting sales. But maybe it will pump him up just enough to make a go for it.
Lastly, linking back to Ryan Lizza's article on Mark Warner's departure, I'll leave you with a Warner quote from a New Hampshire campaign stop that will make you wonder what could've been: "We've fallen to sixteenth in the world in terms of broadband deployment!"
16th in the world. Man, if like John McCain or someone wins in '08, I could easily see us falling to 20th or below in broadband deployment. Vote Gore! (because I'm sure he'll invent something even better than broadband!). In all seriousness, imagine what a Gore/Warner administration would do for the U.S. high-tech industry.
¶ 9:25 AM 
Mark Warner's "decision to withdraw from consideration for the 2008 presidential nomination has produced speculation at high levels of the Democratic Party that former Vice President Al Gore may run again," Robert Novak reports.
"Warner was to challenge front-running Sen. Hillary Clinton from the right, while Gore is on her left. Nevertheless, Gore succeeds Warner as the most likely 'non-Hillary' to battle her for the nomination."
Ok, first of all, Robert Novak is the far-right's Prince of Darkness, so it's hard to trust much of anything he writes. And what he says about Gore being to Hillary's left and Warner being to her right is nonsense: modern US politics are far too complex to categorize that simplistically, and Novak should know better.
That said, I think it has become clear that Warner was in many ways a guy Gore would've supported: big on building a high-tech America, with access for all, and also understanding the necessity of building modern scientific/environmental thought into all levels of policymaking. So, does Gore see an opening now (even more than before)?
The other guy making 2008 headlines now is, of course, Barack Obama. If I had to guess, I'd say he won't run. Not to be too cynical, but he did just release a book, and all of this president-in-the-making talk can't be hurting sales. But maybe it will pump him up just enough to make a go for it.
Lastly, linking back to Ryan Lizza's article on Mark Warner's departure, I'll leave you with a Warner quote from a New Hampshire campaign stop that will make you wonder what could've been: "We've fallen to sixteenth in the world in terms of broadband deployment!"
16th in the world. Man, if like John McCain or someone wins in '08, I could easily see us falling to 20th or below in broadband deployment. Vote Gore! (because I'm sure he'll invent something even better than broadband!). In all seriousness, imagine what a Gore/Warner administration would do for the U.S. high-tech industry.
