NBC's
First Read and the
New York Post both raise the possibility of Al Gore entering the debate over Florida and Michigan's delegates in the Democratic primary. Since both states violated national party rules, their delegates are currently excluded from this summer's party convention. But with the primary battle dragging on, there is a growing debate over whether there should be a second, sanctioned vote in each state, allow the delegates to be seated, or leave things as is. It's not just an academic exercise. Clinton and Obama supporters will push their respective cases because the nomination could literally hang in the balance of what happens with these two states.
The Corner's John Derbyshire
thinks Gore can't help but get involved:
He'll answer the call even if he doesn't much want to. And he does much want to.
But James Joyner
pours cold water on any notion of Gore stepping in, not to help the party, but to make himself the nominee:
I tend to agree with Derbyshire that Gore would relish the idea of
being the savior. He might well be able to get the nomination if
there’s no clearcut winner after Pennsylvania and he’d get to avoid the
mess of a long primary battle. But I’m not sure how this saves the
party. Indeed, both Obama and Clinton supporters would rightly feel
cheated if Gore swooped in and was handed the nomination.
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