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Believe it or not, presidential wannabes are at it already
Nick Baldick, who worked very hard for Gore in 2000, helped engineer his victory in New Hampshire, and almost engineered a victory in Florida, has been advising John Edwards this year. "Gore has a whip operation?" Baldick sneered in Florida. "Gore needs a whip operation."
Will Gore do it? Can he really summon the passion for another run? He entered the hall in Orlando to the U2 tune "Where the Streets Have No Name," the first two lines of which are: "I want to run. I want to hide." The trouble for Gore is that he seems to want to do both and he can't.
Meanwhile, the long-distance runners run on without him, enduring the scrutiny when they can get it and the loneliness when they cannot.
"I want to be helpful to all of them," Brazile says, "but I don't feel passionate about any of them."
And they only have about two years to change her mind.
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