I think there's a lot more that goes into nominating a candidate than we see. I don't know how Howard Dean would've gone, honestly, and as for Wesley Clark, you may be right, but there had to be a reason Kerry got the nomination. For Gore, obviously, it was the fact that he served as VP for 8 years. That gives him a lot of credit, despite how he comes across on TV (and weren't you the one who once told me he's actually quite charismatic?). Gore should've beat Bush.