I guess we all are choking on your definition of "finest", Russ. If by "finest", you mean "socialistic lunatic", then you are correct. If by "well seasoned" you mean "Lie, steal, cheat and deceipt", then again you score high marks. As for intelligence, I don't think anybody will argue that fact. His IQ is perhaps twice that of GW's, but GW doesn't want to spend my money to prove it. Gore is nothing more than an intelligent debater who is riding the best economy in this nations history. If he weren't such a dufous(?) he would be running away with this election. And as for the good economy, don't let the white house whore take credit. If I am not mistaken, both the house and senate are run by the Grand Ole Party.