Article: Gore won't run in '04; Announcement surprises many, sends contenders scurrying.(NEWS)

Byline: Lawrence M. O'Rourke; John Wagner; Staff Writers

Washington, D.C. -- CORRECTION PUBLISHED 12/17/02: This report misspelled the first name of "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl.

Former Vice President Al Gore, who lost the presidency in 2000 despite winning the popular vote, announced Sunday night that he would not seek the presidency in 2004.

"I personally have the energy and drive and ambition to make another campaign, but I don't think that it's the right thing for me to do," Gore said on CBS' "60 Minutes."

Gore, 54, the front-runner in public-opinion polls for the Democratic nomination to oppose President Bush in two ...

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