Really? I'd love to hear you explain why Gore has, over a nine month period, boosted his support by seven points in a hypothetical matchup against McCain.
That's not Gore going up, That's McCain going down. McCain's popularity is starting to windle away as conservatives take note of his open borders stances and his moderate base takes note of the fact that he isn't really a moderate.
Again, that has nothing at all to do with Gore. In case you hadn't noticed...everyone is dominating Cheney and Jeb in the polls. The are heavily unpopular figures. I mean come on, Cheney has a lower approval rating than GWB does. Bush on the other hand can be attributed to the factt hat no one wants another Bush in office...at least not for awhile.
Yes...but look at the deficit by which he trails, and the other people in the list. John Kerry, John Edwards, Joe Biden...with the exception of the lesser known Mark Warner, there isn't an easy to swallow candidate on that list.
The only other candidate really in contention is George Allen, who is likely to concerned about this years senate race to even be thinking of 2008. I mean seriously, do you really think that George Pataki is going to come from out of nowhere and sweep the election away? The only curveball will be if Giuliani decides against running which I doubt he will. All this would do is give McCain a landslide victory.
Reagan in 68' was nothing more than an experienced California governor, where as Nixon was a 22 year congressman from California - is that really a suprise? Unlike Gore, Nixon ran against a classy and articulate candidate that people really liked. The Eisenhower administration was a popular one, but mainly among army personel and older people. By 1960, it had left a dry taste in the mouth of the youth. JFK was a worthy opponent, GWB was just an inexperienced governor of Texas who happened to have the name Bush...which in reality probably wasn't much help.
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