Tophat665

OK, here's what Gore's endoresment did: It took a certain amount of Democrats who were sitting on the sideline waiting to see who would muster the oomph to look like he (face it, Mosely Braun is a vanity candidate) would run the primaries, and made them resolve in favor of Dean.

Look at it this way: A practical liberal has got a tough choice. Kucinich is not electable, Sharpton is not sane, Edwards is not (politically) pubescent, Mosely Braun is not serious, and neither Clark nor Lieberman are Democrats. Fact of the matter is a Lieberman presidency would be almost as disasterous as a Bush residency.

That leaves Dean, Gephardt, and Kerry.

Of the three (or four if one includes Clark) viable candidates, Gore picked the one he could best get along with. 3 years ago, more people trusted Gore's judgement than certain other people I could name. I am inclined at this point to trust his judgement and throw my support behind Dean, rather than waiting to see who comes out ahead. To look at it another way, I trust that Al picked a winner. I think a large number of people who have been waiting will see it more or less the same way.

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