Al Gore in Shortest Way Home, by Pete Buttigieg

On Principles & Values: OpEd: students saw Gore & Bush same as on domestic policy

[In 2000 as Harvard student], I volunteered for Al Gore's campaign that fall, chauffeuring guests around Boston during the run-up to the presidential debate there, but the sense among many students was that Bush and Gore were barely distinguishable on domestic policy: center-left versus center-right. The biggest campaign-related excitement was the arrival of riot police on the outskirts of the debate site to contend with Green Party protesters who were marching and chanting, "Let Ralph [Nader] debate." When Bush ultimately prevailed in the Supreme Court and claimed the presidency, it still felt like little would change from the Clinton era. Source: Shortest Way Home, by Pete Buttigieg, p. 39-40 Feb 12, 2019

The above quotations are from Shortest Way Home One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future by Pete Buttigieg. Click here for other excerpts from Shortest Way Home One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future by Pete Buttigieg. Click here for other excerpts by Al Gore. Click here for a profile of Al Gore.
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