Dylan's blog

A new Zogby International “blind bio” poll commissioned by AlGore.org shows that former Vice President Al Gore is strongly favored over the current Democratic frontrunners by likely Democratic voters nationwide – particularly among liberal Democrats. The poll also shows a strong undercurrent of discontent with the current candidate's positions on issues like the Iraq War and the climate crisis.

When voters were given brief biographical descriptions of the top three Democratic candidates – New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards – along with the biography of Gore, the former Vice President won 35% support, while Clinton won 24%, Obama won 22% and Edwards trailed with 10% support. Gore’s bio was the top choice of both men (39%) and women (31%), and also most favored by younger voters. Self-described liberal Democrats strongly favored Gore’s bio (43%) over Clinton (21%), Edwards (17%) and Obama (12%). The bio selections of moderate Democrats closely mirrors the choices of likely Democratic voters overall, with 36% giving the greatest preference to Gore’s bio.

Wednesday, Al Gore brought his fight against the climate change to the Nation's capital, testifying before both the House and the Senate. He called on our elected representatives to find "the moral courage to rise above politics and redeem the promise of American democracy." The Vice President then offered a series of bold initiatives designed to reduce America's CO2 output 90% by 2050.

There is no other leader in America who can rise to the many challenges of our times -- the climate crisis, the war in Iraq, the erosion of our civil rights, the economy, health care -- and inspire with true moral leadership. Our nation and the world need Al Gore in the Oval Office. Together, let's make that happen. Let's take our draft Gore campaign to the next level.

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Already your generosity has enabled us to create our new, state-of-art campaign website, which allows us to run a true distributed netroots campaign -- beyond anything that has been done before on the Web by a grassroots organization. This next generation AlGore.org site includes sophisticated social networking tools that go beyond Meetup.com and allow us to coordinate thousands of local groups nationwide. If you haven't been to the site recently, you should stop by and see all the new tools now available, enabling Gore supporters to work together to take the nomination next year.

David Postman, one of the most respected political reporters on the west coast, is blogging about the Draft Gore 2008 movement over at the Seattle Times. It's a strong overview of where the campaign is headed, and where it's coming from, for activists who are new to the campaign.