Barack Obama Would Win Idaho without Al Gore

Greg Smith & Associates w/Gore
Idaho

It is interesting that the former vice president turned globetrotting lecturer has such an impact on the fate of a comparatively lesser known politician, but when considering that in spite of carrying the popular vote in the 2000 presidential elections he failed to also carry the electoral votes, and thus popularity eventually gave way to constitutionalism, it is not hard to understand that his popularity which has increased because of his staunch support of environmental causes will serve to greatly impact the numbers of those running currently.

Quite obviously there is no telling what will happen in Idaho to Mr. Obama, or whether the deciding issue in this election will crystallize as clearly as it did in the last one. After all, when considering the war in Iraq, even environmental concerns fade into the background. Should Mr. Obama fail to make a splash in Idaho – or during any of the other important dates – it will not be due to his stand on environmental issues but instead due to his failure to passionately embrace an issue and retreat, at least temporarily, from his trademark ability to see both sides of an issue and to prefer compromise over Filibuster to get the job done.

Source: Keep track of the presidential polls for the 2008 election.

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