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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.
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With their party facing a possible landslide defeat in a month's time,
Democratic candidates are running away from Mr Obama and his record. Polls
indicate Democrats could lose control of the House of Representatives and
perhaps even the Senate, a result that could cripple to Obama presidency.
In Tampa, neither Mr Gore nor Mr Meek made direct reference to Mr Obama's
historic health care legislation, his proudest achievement, or the financial
bailout. Both measures are unpopular with all but hardcore Democratic
supporters.
Two years ago, every Democrat in the country was invoking Mr Obama's name as
they hoped to ride on his coat-tails to electoral victory. This year, he is
a near-pariah, with many of the party's candidates doing everything they can
to distance themselves from him.
Whether the tactic will work is unclear. Florida is a key battleground
state, with Republicans and Democrats typically fighting incredibly close
contests, most famously in 2000 when George W. Bush prevailed over Mr Gore
by 537 votes.
This year, Mr Meek is trailing badly in a three-horse race. Marco Rubio, the
Republican candidate, backed by the anti-government Tea Party, was initially
viewed as too Right-wing for Florida. He now has a seemingly unassailable
13-point lead, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll.
Behind Mr Rubio, who is on 46 points, is Governor Charlie Crist. The Florida
governor, a centrist who pulled out of the Republican primary race when it
became clear he would lose, is on 33 points, with Mr Meek at just 18.
Even taking into account the split in the anti-Republican vote caused by Mr
Crist's decision to run as an independent, it is a disastrous situation for
Democrats in a state they once considered rightfully theirs.
Sidestepping the current occupant of the Oval Office, Mr Meek hailed Mr Gore
and former President Bill Clinton as "stellar public elected figures who
once served and are still giving".
He said: "I'm a fighter and, you know what, I don't give up and I don't give
in," Mr Meek thundered.
But he stopped short of predicting victory. Come election day, he said, "you
are going to be very proud of the work that we have done to turn the vote
out".
Meek aides told reporters that a fire marshal had said there were 700 people
in the hall, but there were well under half that.
Introducing Mr Gore, Mr Meek said to whoops that he knew many would be
saying: "I am here to see President Al Gore."
Mr Gore lambasted the Bush administration for enacting "tax cuts for the
very wealthiest", which "obviously did not stimulate the economy" before
turning his sights on Mr Crist.
The only hope Mr Meek has of winning is to persuade Democrats that Mr Crist
can't win, prompting them to move en masse to him and perhaps even making Mr
Crist drop out. Then, he would have to combat Mr Rubio's increasing
popularity among independent voters.
It is a tall order in just a month and with national party cash being
funnelled into races that are much closer. But Mr Gore did his best to put a
positive spin on the poll numbers, stating that Mr Rubio was "bumbling
along", Mr Crist was "going down" and "Kendrick's going up like a
skyrocket".
He was clearly popular in the hall, though when he referred to "giving in to
wealthy corporate special interests", a heckler shouted: "Like you!" Leaving
the event, members of the crowd were reluctant to criticise Mr Obama,
thought they were more enthused when talking about the Clinton-Gore years.
"I was thinking that if we could get Clinton back in and Gore back in we
might do something in this country," said Robert Henry, 62 a retired
soldier. His wife Susan, 59, said that Obama was unlucky because he "got
handed an absolute train wreck" while Gore "reminds us of good times, of
prosperity and peace".
Maggie Sauls, a teacher and retired lieutenant colonel, said that people
were being hasty in abandoning Mr Obama. "People are being too hard on him.
We Americans are pretty much into instant gratification." |
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