From The Jury

Gore to Campaign for Obama in Florida

Tipper and Al Gore at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, in Dec. 2007. (Sandy Young) By Peter Slevin SARASOTA, Fla. -- Al Gore, who lost his 2000 race for the White House when he fell 537 votes short in Florida, will headline a pair of rallies for Barack Obama on Friday in the land of the butterfly ballot and the hanging chad. Gore will campaign in vote-rich Broward and Palm Beach counties, the site of some of the most extraordinary scenes of the post-election battle for Florida and the presidency -- a battle ended by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision with 1.6 million votes never recounted. "Nobody knows better that every single vote counties -- especially in Florida -- than Vice President Al Gore," Obama state director Steve Schale said in a written statement. Gore will be urging people to vote early "so no

Filed by admin at October 30th, 2008 under News