Looks like Al Gore still has a few fences to mend:
“Gore’s support little help in Tenn.”
Endorsement did not increase candidate’s poll numbers here
Howard Dean can claim Al Gore’s endorsement, but the dispiriting reality for the fallen front-runner is that he may match the former vice president’s 2000 showing in Tennessee – a Gore loss in his home state.
The Democratic presidential candidate is polling in single digits in advance of Tennessee’s primary Tuesday and has no plans to visit, choosing to look ahead to must-win Wisconsin and its Feb. 17 primary to salvage his campaign.
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The 2000 Democratic presidential nominee has flown as far away as Iowa and Michigan to campaign for Dean, but has barely lifted a finger in the state that launched his political career, and where he teaches and maintains a home and a farm. He also has not helped Dean raise campaign money here.
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Gore could not be reached for comment, and his aides declined to answer questions about the impact of his Dean endorsement in early December on the campaign.
Ouch. That Dean move isn’t looking so hot any more.