Nathan Tyree: Al Gore
Al Gore has a new book and is doing the talk show circuit. There’s a lot of speculation that he is prepping for another presidential bid. It seems pretty clear that if Gore jumps in the fray at this point he will be the instant front runner among the Dems. Hillary and Obama have to be hoping like hell that Al sits this one out.
Over on the Republican side Fred Thompson (of Law and Order fame) looks likely to make a run for the nomination. Amongst the lackluster candidates that the Elephant party is fielding he become an instant stand out.
Then, on the third party scene Bloomberg is considering a run. It’s been said that he would be willing to spend a cool billion of his own bucks to buy the election.
What does all of this mean? Mostly it means that it’s going to be a very long and interesting election cycle.
Especially when you consider: Bloomberg cannot win. But, he could carry NY (taking it’s 31 electoral votes) and one other state- keeping either major party candidate from getting the 270 electoral votes needed to win. Then it gets thrown to the House of Represenatives where each state gets 1 vote. Some states (like Kansas) have their delegations equally split between the Ds and Rs and would presumably be unable to agree on a candidate, thus leaving those states unable to cast a vote for president. This could cause a tie, in which case the Vice President (who will have been chosen by the senate) will become president.
This scenario seems unlikely, but within the realm of possibility.
Al Gore has a new book and is doing the talk show circuit. There’s a lot of speculation that he is prepping for another presidential bid. It seems pretty clear that if Gore jumps in the fray at this point he will be the instant front runner among the Dems. Hillary and Obama have to be hoping like hell that Al sits this one out.
Over on the Republican side Fred Thompson (of Law and Order fame) looks likely to make a run for the nomination. Amongst the lackluster candidates that the Elephant party is fielding he become an instant stand out.
Then, on the third party scene Bloomberg is considering a run. It’s been said that he would be willing to spend a cool billion of his own bucks to buy the election.
What does all of this mean? Mostly it means that it’s going to be a very long and interesting election cycle.
Especially when you consider: Bloomberg cannot win. But, he could carry NY (taking it’s 31 electoral votes) and one other state- keeping either major party candidate from getting the 270 electoral votes needed to win. Then it gets thrown to the House of Represenatives where each state gets 1 vote. Some states (like Kansas) have their delegations equally split between the Ds and Rs and would presumably be unable to agree on a candidate, thus leaving those states unable to cast a vote for president. This could cause a tie, in which case the Vice President (who will have been chosen by the senate) will become president.
This scenario seems unlikely, but within the realm of possibility.
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