Maybe I'm alone in this view. But I'd think that Gore, if he were to lose, might have a hard time capturing the nomination because he failed to win at a time of great prosperity and having a president with a 55 approval rating despite 'Clinton fatigue' and all that. Many might argue that the problems were based on the candidate and not on the issues.
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