October 2, 2010
Gore doesn't mention Obama at FL campaign stop
He is rapidly becoming the invisible man -a forgotten bringer of hopeandchange whose name is so toxic among a large segment of voters that Democrats dare not whisper the president's name in many states.It won't save them. Al Gore failed to mention President Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Florida as Democrats extended their new tactic for next month's elections - ignoring the man who so inspired them in 2008. Representative Kendrick Meek, the Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in the November 2nd mid-terms, also neglected to let Mr Obama's name pass his lips during an appearance with the former vice-president in a union hall.Instead, the black congressman lauded "President Gore" - a reference to the 2000 election, when hanging chads in Florida and the US Supreme Court cost the Democrat the White House. [...]In Tampa, neither Mr Gore nor Mr Meek made direct reference to Mr Obama's historic health care legislation, his proudest achievement, or the...(Read Full Post)