Elmer and all, an interesting view of why Al Gore is so bent on winning the presidency at all costs:
We need a good argument to persuade Al Gore to quit, and it might be hard to find one. In fact, Gore is a perfect example of why career politicians are bad for our country — whether or not he wishes to serve the country, he needs this job. Gore will have great difficulty putting the country above himself, because he's now a man with everything to gain from a legal battle and nothing to lose. Looking at the upside, he could sue his way to the presidency and become the most powerful man in the world. On the downside, his career is over and he's without options if Bush's victory stands. After a lackluster campaign, a post-election legal circus and with Hillary Clinton waiting in the wings for 2004, Gore knows he's done, and it's a bitter pill for a guy who's still pretty young. Politics is all he knows, and it's the only career he's ever had since a brief stint as a local newspaper reporter 25 years ago. With Bush, it's obvious he could accept resuming his life in Texas and spending lots of time at the ranch. In fact he might even prefer it. But Gore really needs this gig, so we need a killer argument to get him to change his mind.
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