The Man Who Should Have Been President

A candle in the darkness. When I saw this on TV, my first thought was, "Where was this Gore in 2000?" And then it occurred to me that we could never have had this speech in 2000, in that innocent era when the most critical issue at stake in the campaign was the "folksiness" of the candidate or the cost of his haircut. Earnestness back then was to be scorned. Only now we realize what we missed, the man who should have been president:

Transcript: Former Vice President Gore's Speech on Constitutional Issues