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Convention draft? The media speculates

ABC News report on Draft Gore (10/07)


1. Draft Gore press releases
2. Draft Gore in the News
3. Draft Gore Radio Campaign
4. Key articles about Al Gore
5. Op-Eds: The Case for Gore
6. Debunking Gore Myths

For additional information about Draft Gore, see the About Us section.


Press Releases


Draft Gore Petition with 100,000 Signatures Delivered to Gore's Office

Draft Gore Hits the Airwaves in Iowa

Draft Gore Petition Crosses 25,000 Mark as Interest in Gore Candidacy Surges

2003 Press Releases

Click here for a list of the press releases from our campaign for the 2004 election.


Articles about Draft Gore

10/8
A Nobel Candidate
Newsweek

10/8
True believers refuse to give up on Gore run
The Washington Times

10/1
Draft Gore movement picks up steam
The Huffington Post

8/30
Columbia group joins effort to recruit Gore for presidential bid
Columbia Missourian

7/20
Will Gore step into presidential campaign?
Knox News

7/13
PAC group airs national radio campaign for Gore
Nashville Business Journal

7/12
"Draft Al Gore" for president
Washington Times

7/12
100,000 People Can't Be Wrong? Al Gore Fans Hope So
Cleveland Leader

7/5
Warming to a Gore candidacy
Union Leader

6/25
Iowa radio ads urge Gore to run
Des Moines Register

6/25
Draft Gore ad to run in Iowa
CNN Political Ticker

6/25
PAC uses Iowa radio ads to encourage Gore to run for president
WhoTV

6/25
Grassroots supporters begin ads to draft Gore in Iowa
Raw Story

6/25
Run, Al Run
News Channel 9

4/12
The push to get Gore to run heats up
Boston Globe

2/27
Some call for sequel, but Gore stays coy
USA Today


Television

Draft Gore was mentioned in numerous news shows over the past year, including network segments such as this one:

Al Gore: Waiting In The Wings?
CBS News, May 13, 2007


 Radio Interviews

Draft Gore members were interviewed on shows such as:

• Mike Malloy Show, March 18, 2007
• Diego Mulligan show, Santa Fe Public Radio, Dec. 6, 2006
• Jim DeFede Show, AM940 WINZ, Miramar, Florida March 26, 2007
• Nikki Reed, FM22 WNOR, Norfolk, Va, May 24, 2007
• Tom and Rick morning show, FM22 WNOR Interview, Norfolk, VA, June 4
• The Tony Trupiano show, June 26, 2007


Draft Gore Radio Campaign

Draft Gore kicked off a radio ad campaign in June with an ad on the WHO-AM station in Des Moines, Iowa. It was followed in July by two radio spots that ran nationally on the syndicated Stephanie Miller show.

Listen to our original radio ad.


Key Articles About Al Gore

7/28
Gore Leads All Democrats in New Hampshire Poll

5/31
Gore Beats Giuliani, Runs Better Than Any Declared Candidate in New Pennsylvania Poll

5/16
Time Cover Story: The Last Temptation of Al Gore

3/21
Gore takes warming warning to Congress

2/1
Gore Nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

2/26
"An Inconvenient Truth" Wins 2 Oscars


More Gore News: See Draft Gore News Page


The Case For Gore: Op-Eds

The Economist: America’s Next President

Washington Post: Al Gore, Rock Star

San Francisco Chronicle: Al Gore needs to work for global change from the inside

Rolling Stone: Run, Al, Run

San Jose Mercury News: Gore Looks Like a Good Choice

Andy Ostroy on ABC News: Gore Will Run and Win

Boston Globe: Another Chance for Gore

Joe Conason in Salon: Why Do Journalists Suddenly Love Al Gore

New Republic's Martin Peretz: Al Gore in 2008

Ezra Klein of the American Prospect on The New Gore

St. Petersburg Times: For 2008 election, Al Gore could be the real deal

Beaver County Times: Paging Al Gore

Al Gore: The 2008 Election Wild Card: Op-Ed News
 

Best of the Blogs

What Does Al Know that We Don’t, Steven Weber, Huffington Post

Al Gore: The Next 44 Days, James Boyce, Huffington Post

Al Gore for President,
Cenk Uygur

Al and Tipping Gore, David Horton, Huffington Post

For Progressives, Gore's the One in 2008, Tad Daley, AlterNet


Debunking Gore Myths

The Truth About Al Gore's Lifestyle

“Inventing the Internet” Urban Legend

Also read the article in the October '07 Vanity Fair for information on how the media distorted Gore's image during the 2000 campaign and created these and other myths about him.