That Al Gore blind spot again

The headline from Nashville's The City Paper reads, "Gore in ’08: State Democrats say they’d support him if he decided to run for the presidency."

This report has a couple of problems. First, when Al Gore said he needed to "mend some fences" in Tennessee after being beaten in the 2000 race, he wasn't talking about Democrat Party County Executive Committee Members or Democrat activists he had know since the 70's. I think it's more significant that Gore has a 43 percent disapproval rating compared to a 42 percent approval.

Second, I couldn't help but pickup on a thread running through the article . . . Gore as victim in 2000. According to both Democrats interviewed, the election was "stolen."

"“When you look at how he has made this kind of return to public life, I think this is what makes him a great American,” Bone said. “That he would come back from the lowest point of just having the presidency stole [sic] from him and do something with his life that’s just really amazing.”"

(Aside: isn't Bone an attorney?)
Even John Rodgers misstates what happened by writing,

"He ultimately lost the race when the courts awarded Florida’s contested electoral votes to President George W. Bush."

Actually, that's not what happened. The U.S. Supreme Court simply held that the FL Supreme Court couldn't make-up election law to achieve the political outcome it wanted. As a result, the FL supremes weren't allowed to reverse Bush's victory.