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Al Gore, Dems' Back-Up Plan

In spring's silly season, inconvenient nominee doesn't look impossible: Klein

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 28, 2008 1:55 PM CDT

(Newser) – If the Democratic nomination isn’t wrapped up before August's convention, the party might have a third choice: the one they crowned in 2000. If Barack Obama is too bloodied and Hillary Clinton too divisive, Joe Klein writes in Time, a superdelegate coup could yield an Al Gore-Obama ticket on the spot. Of course, the party would have to be “monumentally desperate.”

Angry infighting is normal at this point in a contested primary, but given the brutal tactics Clinton appears willing to deploy, Democrats might well need a fresh face for the general election. Klein allows that his plan is far-fetched, but says retreating to old reliable is exactly the thinking that landed John McCain atop the Republican heap.

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at the Goteborg Aquarium.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at the Goteborg Aquarium.   (AP Photo/Scanpix, Adam Ihse)
Former U.S. Vice President and 2007 Nobel Laureate Al Gore.
Former U.S. Vice President and 2007 Nobel Laureate Al Gore.   (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
Irish musician Bono, left, watches former United States Vice-President Al Gore.
Irish musician Bono, left, watches former United States Vice-President Al Gore.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
The boots of former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore.
The boots of former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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