The only thing that impresses me about his platform is that he's *not* going to privatize/cut Social Security -- that's something he used to personally favor. But he had little choice. Once Bush -- to everyone's surprise -- came out openly for privatizing Social Security, Gore was pretty much compelled to offer the opposite.
Other than that, all I see is a plan to use 70% of the surplus to pay down the debt. Free trade. Missile defense. Welfare reform. No "universal health care" -- instead "step by step." I'm glad he's running as a populist -- if he wins, it makes a good ideological point. But the guy's still a centrist.
Seth