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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: asenna1 who wrote (5055)	11/7/2000 12:09:30 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 10042

Clinton Has 'Written Off” Gore's Chances, Says UK Tabloid By Patrick Goodenough CNS London Bureau Chief November 07, 2000 London (CNSNews.com) - President Clinton has privately "written off" Vice-President Al Gore's chances of succeeding him, Britain's biggest-selling daily, the Sun, reports "exclusively" Tuesday. According to top sources in Washington, Clinton has told Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbot he expects Gov. George W. Bush to win by a 10 percent margin, says the Sun, a tabloid known for its racy headlines and racier "page three girl" pinups. The sources attribute Clinton's prediction to his reported fury at having been sidelined by the Gore camp during the campaign. According to the Sun, Talbot denied Monday that he has spoken to the president about Gore's chances. In characteristic Sun style, it reports Bush's closing hours of campaigning as follows: "The Texas governor used his final campaigning day to swagger through Gore's Tennessee backyard. And in doing so the Republican candidate raised two fingers to Bill Clinton in neighboring Arkansas." By contrast, Gore is described as "weary" and "rattled," but nonetheless displaying "astonishing" stamina. Democratic voters are also given short shrift by the tabloid. If it rains, as forecast, in many battleground states, "fickle Democrat voters are unlikely to turn out in large numbers if it is pouring," the Sun declares. Another UK tabloid, the Labor-leaning Daily Mirror, gives Gore a firm endorsement Tuesday. Featuring headlines like "Why We Want Gore" and "Why We Don't Want Bush," the paper warns that "Alarm bells will be ringing around the globe" at the prospect of a Bush victory. It also boasts an interview with Gore himself, whom it says told the Mirror he would, if successful, form a "green alliance" with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. "I believe we should make the next 10 years the environmental decade," Gore is quoted as saying. "Protecting the environment is one of our generation's great obligations. It is a belief that I know is shared by Tony ... and many others in the UK with whom I have worked over the last few years." Gore dismisses the 1980s Ronald Reagan-Margaret Thatcher era as a time of "failed policies ... that enriched the wealthiest and left the rest behind." But in a separate opinion piece, the Mirror sourly predicts a Bush victory, and says the Texas Governor "appeals to the good ol' boys drinking whiskey 'n' rye and the fatheads who imagine Europe is 'somewhere out east'." cnsnews.com\ForeignBureaus\archive\200011\For20001107c.html