Gore-asm

When you think about it, there's really nothing surprising about Al Gore endorsing Howard Dean. Gore is the symbol of The Stolen Election, the lightning-pole around which liberal dreams of révanche collects. As such, he was bound to pick the angriest candidate. Also, Gore was noted for transforming himself into a leftist, for breaking with centrism to arouse the party base. As David Brooks points out today, so is Howard Dean.


Given that, I'm hoping even more that Dean gets nominated, and that Bush beats the pants off of him next year. It might shut the Left up for a few years.