Al Gore didn't fare as well on Leno last night as he did with Letterman two weeks ago. The segment was rushed and Jay was more argumentative than Dave. (I know little of Letterman's political views but Leno is not as liberal as the Limbaugh crowd often assumes from his comments on Mr. Bush. A friend of mine who knows him well says Jay is slightly right of center but ready to slam anyone if he thinks he has a good joke about it.)
I'm skeptical that Mr. Gore can rehabilitate his image with some voters in time to be a contender for 2004. If we are to believe a recent CBS News/Times poll, he has a 43% disapproval rating and only a 19% approval. This I suppose means that everyone who didn't vote for him still doesn't like him and that they've been joined by a lot who did but were disappointed by his handling of the recount situation and his subsequent disappearance. A lot can change before the primaries but don't you get the idea that the former Vice-President is the front-runner only because the Democrats don't seem to have anyone else?