The last time Al Gore’s name came up this much during a presidential race, it was in the innocent years before we all learned what a hanging chad is. Republican frontrunner Rick Perry is under constant assault for his support of Gore’s 1988 campaign — back when Perry was a Democrat — and has pushed back on it by arguing that he wasn’t as involved as advertised in the campaign.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=107375