Both Clinton and Gore will have to overcome the right-wing assaults, but at this point I can't see why a Gore run should be discouraged.  

I want a candidate who was right about the major issues of the last 15 years, not someone who is perceived as "more electable."  The arguments being advanced here for Clinton and against Gore remind me so much of the arguments advanced on behalf of the "electable" John Kerry in 2004.  Let the primaries play out in 2008 and let primary voters vote for the candidate they actually want as President and not the one they are told is most electable. The candidate that emerges from this process is more likely to be the "more electable" one than the one favored in any electability assessment by Chris, Kos or anyone else in 2005.