Jonathan Chait on why Al Gore's prospects to be the next Democratic nominee for prez are rising and Hillary Clinton's are collapsing.
For what it's worth, I've never felt that Ms. Clinton was going to be the Democratic nominee, at least at the top of the ticket. I think she's a bright woman and one who has been seriously demonized and wronged by a campaign of lies and false charges. That is not enough to qualify one to be president. She's also not a very dynamic speaker and her positions lately have seemed fuzzy and lacking in leadership.
I also think it's way too early to assume Gore will run or is the only alternative. We're still in that stage where what the pundits say, if you ask them who's going to be the nominee, is something like, "It's much too premature for a prediction to have any value…and now, here's my prediction…"