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Al Gore

  1. politics
    RIP Bob Dole, Last of the Greatest Generation Presidential CandidatesDole was always a bit out of step with his party and his country, which may be considered a compliment now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. veep
    President Biden Isn’t Making Life Easy for Kamala HarrisThe vice-president is the presumed front-runner to someday succeed Biden. He might want to start giving her less impossible assignments.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. contested election
    Hawley to Trigger Congressional Vote on Trump’s Election CoupThe circus will come to Congress on January 6, but the man at center ring is Mike Pence, who will preside over a joint session to certify electors.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. 2020 elections
    The 2000 Election Never EndedTwenty years ago, two candidates fought an unimaginably close, bitterly disputed election. Only one of them played to win. Lessons from Bush v. Gore.
    By Andrew Rice
  5. vision 2020
    In a Contested Election, This Time Democrats Won’t Be Drowned OutIn 2000, Republicans intimidated their way to a stolen election. If Trump tries that again, he may face peaceful mass demonstrations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. past is prologue
    The Last Time a Contested Election Tore the Country ApartThe 1876 presidential election and the compromise that settled it offer some key lessons as the possibility of a contested 2020 election result looms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. democratic national convention
    Bill Clinton’s Long Run As Democratic Convention MVP Is OverFor the first time in decades, Bill Clinton, subject of personal and ideological controversy, wasn’t featured prominently at the DNC.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. vision 2020
    No, Utopian Centrism Will Not Save Us From the CoronavirusNew York Times columnist Thomas Friedman thinks America craves token bipartisanship and ideological incoherence. That ain’t right.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. vision 2020
    Obama Was Supposed to End the Baby-Boom’s Political Run. What Happened?We could well wind up in 2021 with the first president from the pre-boomer Silent Generation.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. rip
    Ross Perot Will Remain a Legend Among Foes of PartisanshipThe business executive, who died today at 89, ran fascinating presidential campaigns in ’92 and ’96, but they were very much a product of the time.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. vision 2020
    Democrats Are Reviving an Old Populist TraditionBold proposals from 2020 candidates aimed at reforming how government works could change Democrats’ reputation as the party of government itself.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. impeachment
    Did Impeachment Plans Damage Republicans in 1998?Sifting the evidence both ways provides no clear answer to the question – or clear guidance to Democrats today who don’t want to squander a 2020 win.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: Welcome to Act III of the Trump TragedyThreatening the unnecessary use of emergency powers to accomplish a trivial political goal marks a new phase in America’s anti-democratic spiral.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  14. life after warming
    Why Al Gore Thinks There’s Still Hope for the PlanetThe environmentalist and former vice-president talks about wildfires, Donald Trump, and why he still has hope that we can preserve a livable planet.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  15. what’s past is prologue
    When Senate and House Elections Go in Different DirectionsDemocrats making House gains and Republicans Senate gains is not unprecedented, but with ticket-splitting declining, it may not happen again soon.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. Actually, Pence’s Toadying Is His Best Shot at Becoming PresidentJournalist Matt Bai tries to make the case that Pence has no future in presidential politics. That’s likely wrong.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. Here’s a 2020 Biden Strategy: Stay Home, Joe!Joe Biden’s mulling a lot of unusual strategies for 2020. He might just want to stay home and hope for a draft.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. Al Gore: ‘We Are in the Early Stages of a Sustainability Revolution’“Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen much faster than you thought they could.”
    By David Wallace-Wells
  19. Mark Penn Mischaracterizes the 1996 Clinton-Gore CampaignAn op-ed co-authored by Clinton strategist Mark Penn tells Democrats to emulate a 1996 strategy the actual candidates did not pursue.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. Al Franken Warns About Potential Perils of President PenceHe opined that the “zealot” Pence might be worse on domestic policy than Trump. It’s a sign the idea of impeachment is becoming real.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. Donald Trump and Al Gore Had a Climate-Change Chat TodayYou know, that issue he called a Chinese hoax.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  22. early and often
    Al Gore Says the Time Has Come to Kill the Electoral College“It’s pathetic how our system is not working today.”
    By Charley Lanyon
  23. the national interest
    Donald Trump Is Not Like Al GoreA deconstruction of the latest Republican rationalization.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. the national interest
    The Rigged 2000 Florida Recount and the Path to Donald TrumpWe’ve forgotten what true rigging looks like.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. Al Gore to Do Some Millennial-Whispering for Hillary ClintonIn the latest episode of a complicated political relationship, the former veep will try to convince a new generation of voters to stick with Dems.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. Early and Often
    Gore May Campaign for Clinton, Warn About Voting Third-PartyHe said he knows “from personal experience that every vote counts.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. left behind
    America Is Once Again Becoming the World’s Liberal BeaconEurope and Israel are headed in a different direction.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  28. vegans
    Al Gore Is Vegan NowR.I.P., Al Gore Fat Jokes.
    By Dan Amira
  29. the national interest
    Scariest Byline EverI’ll be right back.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. cable news news
    Al Gore Sued Over Current TV Sale Flip-FlopAccording to the suit, he didn’t want to sell to Qatar’s Al Jazeera at first.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  31. video
    The Many Cameos of Politicians in TV and MoviesPlus a few first ladies!
    By Sarah Frank
  32. cable news news
    Jon Stewart Slams Fox News’s Hypocrisy Over Gore’s Al Jazeera DealGuess what Al Gore and Rupert Murdoch have in common.
    By Caroline Shin
  33. master debaters
    John Kerry Seriously Thinks It Was the Altitude Definitely wasn’t Obama’s debate prep, that’s for sure.
    By Dan Amira
  34. master debaters
    President Obama Doomed by Denver’s Altitude, Al Gore SuggestsThis seems like a stretch.
    By Dan Amira
  35. cable news news
    Al Gore to Play Keith Olbermann on Current TVThe former vice-president is anchoring convention coverage on his own network.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  36. the goreacle
    Al Gore Dating a ‘Horsewoman’Interspecies love?
    By Dan Amira
  37. technology
    Al Gore to Finally Receive Proper Credit for Inventing the Internet He’ll be inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  38. media
    Current TV Could Have Issues, Olbermann Trash Talk AsideCould the channel get dropped by Time Warner?
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. the national interest
    Carbon Emissions Are Rising, So Let’s Ignore Al Gore!We can’t be completely certain about the theory of gravity, either.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. the goreacle
    Al Gore Says President Obama Has ‘Failed’We took that out of context, as Gore expected us to.
    By Dan Amira
  41. cable news news
    First Ad for Keith Olbermann’s New Show Reminds You of Everything You Hate About Keith OlbermannAlso, he’s just hired Matt Taibbi!
    By Chris Rovzar
  42. stuck in the mittle
    Al Gore Praises Mitt Romney’s Somewhat Enlightened Position on Climate ChangeAl Gore is one mean bastard.
    By Dan Amira
  43. books
    Jon Meacham’s First Book Deal As VP of Random House: Al Gore’s Future ManifestoWill this be his third best seller?
    By Chris Rovzar
  44. aolington post
    The AOLington Post: Yet Another Liberal Media Dream DeferredThe dream of an avowedly liberal media powerhouse to rival Fox News remains as alive — and as unfulfilled — as ever.
    By Jason Zengerle
  45. happy endings
    Al Gore Won’t Be Facing Those Assault Charges After AllMasseuse Molly Hagerty’s case against the former veep has “a lack of credible evidence.”
    By Mike Vilensky
  46. gossipmonger
    Ed Westwick Turning Gossip Girl Cast Against Jessica SzohrThis was inevitable.
  47. the goreacle
    National Enquirer Finds Two More Gore-Harassed MasseusesMaybe try acupuncture instead.
    By Mike Vilensky
  48. the goreacle
    Molly Hagerty’s Pants Stained With Ranch Dressing or SomethingIt definitely wasn’t semen, though!
    By Dan Amira
  49. the goreacle
    Tipper Gore Does Not See Al Gore As a Crazed Sex PoodleAl’s massages were just part of his “health regimen.”
    By Dan Amira
  50. the most important wedding in the world
    Al Gore to Skip Chelsea Clinton’s WeddingSo was he even invited?
    By Mike Vilensky
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