Turns out Al Gore

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Turns out Al Gore isn’t all that bummed after all. Yes, he’s disappointed. Profoundly so. He’s coming into his office a few hours a day, writing thank you notes, making calls, and so forth. But he’s okay. He’s in a good place.

Why? Because he thinks he won. He knows he won.

Yes, he accepts the verdict of the Supremes and all that.

But he got half a million votes more than George W. nationwide. And if those votes would have gotten counted in Florida, he thinks he would have won there too. He knows he would have.

So … he’s in a good place.

Good for him!

P.S. How close are Talking Points’ sources to the Veep?

Inches, buddy, inches …

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