“Nevertheless, the likelihood that Gore will seek the presidency is suggested not only by the logic of what he says but also by what he does not say. Given how clear and present he says the danger is, he should be more specific and radical regarding the economic, indeed civilizational, changes he considers necessary. He should be — unless he is trimming his sails and biding his time in the hope that he can acquire the presidential pulpit from which to move the nation.
“There is nothing wrong with that. The nobility of politics, when it is noble, often consists in prudent maneuvering and persuading until an issue is, in terms of public opinion, ripe.”
George F. Will, Warming to A Candidacy? Washington Post, June 11, 2006, p. B07 (emphasis in original).
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