Michigan's a no-go for the ballot
Sometimes even a grassroots organization can't do the work of a dedicated team of political pros.
The general feeling in the Draft Gore movement right now, BTW, is that we wish he'd give us the nod that he's in or else definitively tell us to abandon ship. This stock "I have no plans to run for president" comment he gives isn't good enough. Because it doesn't mean he's not running.
Timing, as they say, is everything. And I still have confidence that Al and his team know what they're doing. I just wish they wouldn't stall too much longer, as the people he's going to need the most -- the people on the ground who have believed in him for more than 8 years -- are going to start abandoning ship.
I posted to the group the other day an article (Al Gore's supporters move on) that said that some Hollywood folks are going to start endorsing other candidates and what they thought of that and did they have a cutoff date and when that would be. Most said they'd stick with him for a while yet. Some people are giving him until the ballot deadlines in their state (Nov. 2 for New Hampshire). I got 40 responses, which I thought was telling. Morale seems to be waning, though, because I think a group so devoted to a man and his cause can only spin their wheels for so long before it seems like maybe we're not getting anywhere. Or that in order to get somewhere we need a nod from the Big Guy Al (;-}) himself.
I think it's getting to be time for him to make a definitive statement. And how I hope it's that he's heard all of his thousands of supporters and acknowledges that he can make the most difference in the world by being our next president.
As for me, I'm in this unless he says, as he did in 2003, something like "thanks but no thanks. I'm not running, please give up your efforts."
The general feeling in the Draft Gore movement right now, BTW, is that we wish he'd give us the nod that he's in or else definitively tell us to abandon ship. This stock "I have no plans to run for president" comment he gives isn't good enough. Because it doesn't mean he's not running.
Timing, as they say, is everything. And I still have confidence that Al and his team know what they're doing. I just wish they wouldn't stall too much longer, as the people he's going to need the most -- the people on the ground who have believed in him for more than 8 years -- are going to start abandoning ship.
I posted to the group the other day an article (Al Gore's supporters move on) that said that some Hollywood folks are going to start endorsing other candidates and what they thought of that and did they have a cutoff date and when that would be. Most said they'd stick with him for a while yet. Some people are giving him until the ballot deadlines in their state (Nov. 2 for New Hampshire). I got 40 responses, which I thought was telling. Morale seems to be waning, though, because I think a group so devoted to a man and his cause can only spin their wheels for so long before it seems like maybe we're not getting anywhere. Or that in order to get somewhere we need a nod from the Big Guy Al (;-}) himself.
I think it's getting to be time for him to make a definitive statement. And how I hope it's that he's heard all of his thousands of supporters and acknowledges that he can make the most difference in the world by being our next president.
As for me, I'm in this unless he says, as he did in 2003, something like "thanks but no thanks. I'm not running, please give up your efforts."
Labels: Al_Gore, draft_Gore, Michigan, presidential_election_2008
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