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Article: Al Gore: Getting ready to run again.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- June 30, 2002
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MEMPHIS, Tenn _ Move over Adlai, here comes Al.
Not since Adlai Stevenson ran against Dwight Eisenhower back to back in the 1950s _ and lost both times _ has a losing presidential candidate won his party's nomination a second consecutive time.
But Al Gore is getting ready to run for president again, pondering whether he can defy history, reclaim the Democratic nomination and this time grab the prize that eluded him two years ago.
Gore, 54, is poised to enter the race a front-runner for the nomination with formidable strengths: he won the popular vote in 2000, knows the issues inside and out, and could raise plenty of money.
He also has ...