Al Gore

A great factoid from Hotline: “In the wake of Rep. Rob Andrews' announcement 4/2, we note, the last sitting Dem House member to successfully primary an incumbent Dem senator was then-Rep. Al Gore Sr., who knocked out Sen. Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) in '52.”

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TRENTON - Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer) sported an "Obama" button at the Mercer County Democratic Convention on Saturday and affirmed his support for the presidential candidacy of the junior senator from Illinois.

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Assemblyman Reed Gusciora still holds out hope that former Vice President Al Gore will emerge as the Democratic candidate for President. The seven-term Assemblyman from Princeton is running for Delegate on an uncommitted slate in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.

Gusciora explained his reasons for not picking between Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in a statement released last night:

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If you find yourself running for office in New Hampshire, and Bill Bradley calls and says he’s ready to endorse, maybe its best that you don’t take the call.  The Hall of Fame basketball player and three-term United States Senator from New Jersey has backed the wrong horse in the last three New Hampshire Democratic presidential primaries: Barack Obama in 2008, Howard Dean in 2004, and himself against Al Gore in 2000. Read More >

Assemblyman Reed Gusciora’s early legwork to get former vice president Al Gore into the 2008 presidential race ran amok when Gore flatly said he wasn’t going to run.

The left Gusciora, a prime co-sponsor of the state’s Global Warming Response Act, without his optimum green candidate.

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Still hoping for former Vice President Al Gore to enter the 2008 presidential race, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora filed an “Uncommitted” slate of delegates to run in the February 5 Democratic primary.  Joining Gusciora are Princeton Councilwoman Wendy Benchley, Princeton Democratic Organization President Jenny Crumiller, and former Princeton Mayor Jim Floyd.

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Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, who is leading a grass roots campaign in New Jersey to draft Al Gore for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, says that the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the former Vice President is "one more demanding reason" why Gore should run for President.

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Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, who launched a movement in New Jersey to draft Al Gore for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination in July, says he remains a Gore supporter.  Speculation that Gore might enter the race has increased this week because the former Vice President in a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced in Oslo on Friday.

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Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani continue to be in a statistical dead heat for New Jersey’s fifteen electoral votes, with Giuliani leading 45%-44%, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released this morning. Clinton and Giuliani continue to hold huge leads in the February 5, 2008 presidential primaries.

On the Democratic side, Clinton leads Barack Obama by a 46%-15% margin, with 11% for Al Gore and 7% for John Edwards. In the GOP primary, Giuliani leads Fred Thompson, 45%-12%, with John McCain at 8% and Mitt Romney at 6%.

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Former Vice President Al Gore joined Gov. Jon Corzine on Friday for the signing of New Jersey's global warming law
Assemblyman Reed Gusciora wants former Vice President Al Gore to be the next president. So he's launching a statewide grassroots movement to muster the necessary New Jersey delegates to put Gore's name in at the Democratic National Convention next summer.

Forget about a draft Al Gore movement now. It's too late, Gusciora contends. Gore supporters, says the veteran progressive legislator, need to organize and take their cause straight out of the February, 2008, Democratic primary to the convention in Denver.

Coming off a ceremony at Giants stadium last Friday at which Gov. Jon Corzine signed the Global Warming Response Act, which Gusciora co-wrote and which global warming guru Gore personally attended, the Assemblyman said he was pumped up to go statewide with his Go Gore message. Read More >