Gore Can't Save The Dems

Plans are afoot for Al Gore to be handed the Democratic presidential nomination and save the bitterly divided party:

Two former Gore campaign officials have told The Sunday Telegraph that a scenario first mapped out by members of Mr. Gore's inner circle last May now has a sporting chance of coming true.

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The opening has emerged because opinion polls show Mr. McCain stretching his lead over both Mr Obama and Mrs. Clinton, whose campaigns are engaged in a daily cycle of attacks, character assassination and mutual recriminations on religion, race and the economy.

The Gore backers are also concerned about the prospect of Democratic deserters -- the significant number of Democrats who will vote for McCain if he is matched against the candidate they do not support for the Democratic nomination.

The Gore plot won't save the Democrats. According to a new Rasmussen Reports poll, Democratic primary voters prefer even Hillary and Obama over Gore.