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  Al Gore presidential campaign, 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gore also reverted to a style of "town hall" meetings, which he had used when he was in the Congress, where he would meet with a small group of people and answer their questions.
Al Gore stands in support of President Clinton while he is reaffirming his intentions to not resign from office during the impeachment process.
Gore's behavior during the first debate was even the basis for a sketch on NBC's Saturday Night Live television program, which according to some sources, members of Gore's campaign asked him to watch before the next debate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al_Gore_presidential_campaign,_2000   (6669 words)

  
 Al Gore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al Gore was born in Washington, D.C., to Albert A. Gore, Sr.
Gore voted 7 to 2 to declare the ongoing recount procedure unconstitutional because it feared that different standards would be used in different parts of the state, and 5 to 4 to ban recounts using other procedures.
Gore's endorsement of Dean was helpful to the latter in legitimizing him in the eyes of the establishment faction of the Democratic Party, but it also led the media to dub Dean as the clear front-runner, with the result that his opponents devoted more of their emphasis to opposing him.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al_Gore   (6288 words)

  
 United States presidential election, 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al Gore publicly conceded the election after the December 12, 2000 Supreme Court decision in Bush v.
With Keyes, loser of both Senate campaigns he had previously engaged in, frequently espousing ideas deemed to be too extreme for the consumption of average voters, it soon became obvious that Bush and McCain were the front-runners for the nomination.
While it is typical for sitting governors to strongly campaign on behalf of the candidate with the same party affiliation, it is unusual for the governor to be related by blood to the candidate and in a position to influence the election in his favor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._presidential_election%2C_2000   (6326 words)

  
 ipedia.com: U.S. presidential election, 2000 Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The election for President of the United States in 2000 was one of the closest elections in the history of the United States, contested primarily by then Governor of Texas George W. Bush (Republican), and then Vice President Al Gore (Democrat).
Gore, voted 7-2 to declare the recount procedure in process unconstitutional because it was not being carried out statewide and 5-4 to ban further recounts using other procedures.
The 2000 Presidential election was among the closest elections in the history of the United States.
www.ipedia.com /u_s__presidential_election__2000.html   (3114 words)

  
 Gore Myths- GSC
Gore provided much-needed political support for the speedy privatization of the Internet when the time arrived for it to become a commercially-driven operation.  Those who reported Gore as claiming invention might argue they were paraphrasing.  But the media echo chamber guarantees further distortion.
Al Gore's legacy will be the death of the internal combustion engine during his lifetime, an idea much closer to fruition today then when it was first proposed in Gore's Book Earth In the Balance in 1992.
Gore is referring to his current weak position in the polls compared with his likely opponent in the 2000 election, high-flying Texas Gov. George W. Bush.
www.algoresupportcenter.com /goretruth.html   (3430 words)

  
 The New Yorker: Fact   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gore does not admit to any bitterness, but it is plain in nearly every speech he gives; and while the feeling may be partly personal—who could blame him?—it runs to a deeper, more public-minded sentiment than the disappointment of his own, or his father’s, ambitions.
It was Gore, of course, who had to follow the rules of order and send them to their seats, all the while knowing that his defense of decorum and law would be seen as a kind of self-flagellation, a defense of a man he disdained, or would come to disdain.
Gore laughed as he recalled the story: “I gave it a big pause and said, ‘For what, Michael?’ And then he gave a whole complicated explanation about how he was voting in New York State, which wasn’t in play, and how Nader had promised not to campaign in any swing states, and blah-blah-blah.
www.newyorker.com /fact/content/?040913fa_fact   (10588 words)

  
 Politics1: Presidency 2000 - Al Gore, Jr. (D-TN)
Gore made history when he selected Lieberman -- an Orthodox Jew -- to be the first Jewish candidate to ever run on a major party national ticket.
Gore discusses the problems and perceived causes of global warming, the deteriorating ozone layer, destruction of the rain forests and rising carbon dioxide levels - and sets out his proposals to address these concerns.
Gore touted this book with his line that the "era of big government is over." Republicans mockingly responded that Gore now simply wants "lots and lots of little government" instead.
www.politics1.com /gore.htm   (821 words)

  
 John Edwards-Campaign Organization
Campaign director of the 1994 Rhode Island coordinated campaign; northeast political director at the DNC, 1993; a field director in the 1992 Clinton primary campaign.
In the 2000 campaign she was California state director for the Gore primary campaign, and Western Regional Political Director for the Gore/Lieberman campaign.
Director of Press Advance for the Gore campaign (he started doing some advance work part time in Jan. 2000, went full time from late June 2000, and was on the plane shepherding the press pool from after the convention on).
www.gwu.edu /~action/2004/edwards/edworg.html   (2881 words)

  
 Closest Presidential Races
From the early days of the 2000 presidential campaign season, it was clear the race would be a tight one between Vice President Al Gore and Texas governor George W. Bush.
Although the 2000 presidential race has emerged as the closest in a generation and possibly of all time, several others have been too close to call until the final ballots were tallied.
The closest Presidential races in recent history: 1960, 1968, and 1976.
www.infoplease.com /spot/closerace1.html   (492 words)

  
 Presidential Race Profile: Al Gore
Vice President Al Gore represented the 4th District of Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1976-1984.
Gore was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1988.
All the data on this page is based on Federal Election Commission data released on January 3, 2002, except for "Quality of Disclosure," which is based on data released on October 1, 2001.
www.opensecrets.org /2000elect/index/P80000912.htm   (106 words)

  
 SacObserver.com [GOVERNMENT] Brazile Says 'No' To Democratic Post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Donna Brazile, a political strategist who ran Al Gore's presidential campaign in 2000, said she isn't interested in becoming the Democratic National Committee Chairman.
She recounts in her best-selling memoir, "Cooking With Grease," why she felt that African Americans were disenfranchised in the 2000 presidential election.
She said that there were widespread reports of voter intimidation and was glad that Al Gore, in the early portion of the evening, did not concede the presidency, even though major news networks had declared Bush the winner.
www.sacobserver.com /government/112204/brazile_no_dnc_chairman.shtml   (573 words)

  
 Campaign 2000 briefs - May 17, 1999
And he says he's considering contributing to the campaign of one of her competitors, Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona).
LAMONI, Iowa (AllPolitics, May 17) -- Vice President Al Gore, in a commencement address at Graceland College in Iowa Sunday, laid out his vision for education in the U.S. in the 21st century.
Gore's education speech was a first in a series of public policy addresses aimed at detailing his positions for the 2000 presidential race.
www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/05/17/president.2000/briefs/index.html   (468 words)

  
 Presidential election - washingtonpost.com -- Elections 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On November 2, the presidential race in 12 of the 15 pre-election showdown states was within 5 percentage points.
A history of Presidential Elections in the United States from Washington to Bush.
Understanding the 2004 Presidential Election: Beyond the Polarized Electorate, And The Republicans'; Superior Voter Turnout By JOHN W. washingtonpost.com -- Elections 2004
presidential-election.surferspace.com   (187 words)

  
 Al Gore 2008
Actors and activists attended the opening of the film, which argues that global warming is imminent and potentially catastrophic.
Gore will open the evening by framing the issues explored in "An Inconvenient Truth", his new film that examines the detrimental effects of global warming.
The group, which yesterday adopted the name Alliance for Climate Protection, plans to use advertising and grass-roots organizing to try to raise awareness, particularly among labor groups, hunters, evangelicals and conservatives in general.
www.algore04.com   (510 words)

  
 Edwards contradicts Kerry campaign’s official Kyoto policy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In contrast to Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, references to global warming have been few and far between by the Democratic ticket of Senators John Kerry and John Edwards.
Within one week in August, however, the Kerry campaign published its position on the Kyoto Protocol, which vice presidential nominee John Edwards then contradicted.
On August 19 the campaign issued a document aimed at West Virginia and other coal-producing States that promoted coal as a clean energy source.
www.globalwarming.org /article.php?uid=758   (232 words)

  
 hot news - Feb. 13: Donna Brazile to Visit SU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Brazile, a senior fellow at the Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, was recently appointed as national chair of the Voting Rights Institute, the Democratic Party's major initiative to promote and protect the right to vote.
The Voting Rights Institute was created in response to the irregularities of the 2000 election and was headed initially by former Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson.
More recently, Brazile served as campaign manager during the final months of former Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign.
www.syr.edu /news/2005-02-02_6791.html   (194 words)

  
 Politics1 - The Presidency
A lot of the old 2000 info is still posted...
Also be sure to check out their amazing Third Party Presidential Candidates site.
Just remember: Al Gore won 500,000 more votes than George W. Bush in 2000...
www.politics1.com /p2000.htm   (547 words)

  
 OnTheIssues.org - Candidates on the Issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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Analysis: 48% support the Drug War, while 38% oppose it.
This has not been much of a campaign issue but Bush and Kerry disagree: Kerry would restrict Drug War funding, while Bush would implement stronger penalties.
www.issues2000.org /default.htm   (1320 words)

  
 2000 Presidential General Election Results
This figure is not included in Total Votes Cast.
# Write-in votes for Presidential candidates not permitted.
(Note: Links are provided to an index of campaign finance reports filed by a candidate's principal campaign committee.
www.fec.gov /pubrec/2000presgeresults.htm   (220 words)

  
 Campaign 2000 exhibit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
small exhibit in the lobby of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-
Although the entire exhibit is housed in one case, it features rare and special items from campaigns from Abraham Lincoln to Al Gore and George W. Bush.
A selection of some of the items in the exhibit can be viewed below.
www.hoover.archives.gov /exhibits/campaign/index.htm   (119 words)

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