Sure was, and I've forgotten it already. But I bless Al for his very blandness and bogus bonhomie. He didn't leave the Republicans any handholds. There's no way the GOP can cry foul and say Gore's undercutting their guy. I have every confidence the Bush Administration will be virtually DOA and that W will prove the greatest presidential fuckup of all time. The trick will be for the Democrats to give him enough room to do so -- for them to be quietly obstructionistic without coming across as harshly adversarial. Gore's exit, chuckling, routine makes for a good start. Carl
I'm not sure about W's impending political death. We shouldn't forget that Cheney is a very smart guy, and W has been thru the experience of working with a legislature not under his thumb in Texas.
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