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Published on: 10/23/2007
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He's the only political leader, I think, in America at this point who, were he to occupy the Oval Office, would be able to begin the process of refurbishing our reputation abroad," said Seiler, an environmental activist and the president of the Littleton-based New Hampshire Wind Energy Association.
The Draft Gore movement started in June, shortly after Gore's work on the film An Inconvenient Truth led to an Oscar.
Seiler, who was to meet with Upper Valley supporters last night on Dartmouth College's campus, acknowledged that the 1,317 names on a petition to get Gore to enter the Democratic race for the White House have not grown significantly since the Nobel Prize was announced last week.
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"The message basically is New Hampshire is unique," Seiler said.
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Still, Seiler is looking to history as his inspiration.
He noted that in 1952, then-Gov.
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Seiler said yesterday he hasn't "officially" heard from Gore or Gore's people about the Draft Gore efforts.Translation: Forget Plan A, it's time for Plan B.
As Seiler says on his website, "A New Hampshire voter who fills in the oval and writes in any individual or candidate does not require the permission of the candidate."