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Gore’s VP Could Be GOP
NewsMax.com
Monday, May 1, 2000
He won’t flat-out reject the idea of picking a Republican as his vice presidential running mate, Vice President Al Gore told stunned reporters yesterday.
"It's most unlikely, I don't want to mislead you," Gore said. "But I don't completely rule it out."
With the thought that bipartisanship is a key theme in rival George Bush’s campaign, Gore added, "My natural instincts are to reach out and create bipartisan coalitions."
Speaking to reporters while winging from Boston to Washington, D.C., aboard Air Force Two, Gore said he wanted a running mate who is unlike himself, even though that is contrary to what he called "my natural instinct."
His choice, he said, would be dictated by his desire to find the best possible successor.
"You ask the question is the person the best person to take over as president would that become necessary," Gore said.
Noting that all possible candidates for the number two spot on the Democrat presidential ticket will be carefully looked at by former secretary of state Warren Christopher, Gore said that, although he had given Christopher advice on how to go about picking potential candidates, "I have not given him a list of names."
He will make his choice before the Democrat convention, which convenes in Chicago on Aug. 14. He said his choice will not depend on who Bush picks at the GOP convention two weeks earlier.
"The conventions are so close together that whether or not [my choice] is announced, it will be effectively made before then," Gore said.
Could Republican Senator John McCain, who Gore met with in Boston, show up on a list of possible running mates? he was asked.
"He will be supporting Bush," Gore said. "That's no surprise to anybody, but that doesn't mean he and I can't work together."
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Gore’s VP Could Be GOP
NewsMax.com
Monday, May 1, 2000
He won’t flat-out reject the idea of picking a Republican as his vice presidential running mate, Vice President Al Gore told stunned reporters yesterday.
"It's most unlikely, I don't want to mislead you," Gore said. "But I don't completely rule it out."
With the thought that bipartisanship is a key theme in rival George Bush’s campaign, Gore added, "My natural instincts are to reach out and create bipartisan coalitions."
Speaking to reporters while winging from Boston to Washington, D.C., aboard Air Force Two, Gore said he wanted a running mate who is unlike himself, even though that is contrary to what he called "my natural instinct."
His choice, he said, would be dictated by his desire to find the best possible successor.
"You ask the question is the person the best person to take over as president would that become necessary," Gore said.
Noting that all possible candidates for the number two spot on the Democrat presidential ticket will be carefully looked at by former secretary of state Warren Christopher, Gore said that, although he had given Christopher advice on how to go about picking potential candidates, "I have not given him a list of names."
He will make his choice before the Democrat convention, which convenes in Chicago on Aug. 14. He said his choice will not depend on who Bush picks at the GOP convention two weeks earlier.
"The conventions are so close together that whether or not [my choice] is announced, it will be effectively made before then," Gore said.
Could Republican Senator John McCain, who Gore met with in Boston, show up on a list of possible running mates? he was asked.
"He will be supporting Bush," Gore said. "That's no surprise to anybody, but that doesn't mean he and I can't work together."
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Slowpoke Rodrigo...he pack a gon...
I voted for the Neal Knox 13
I'll see you at the TFL End Of Summer Meet!
