August Surprise, anyone?!?

Mark Tomasik:

he does go, that will mean the Democrats still haven?t decided a nominee for the presidential election. And if neither Sen. Hillary Clinton nor Sen. Barack Obama has clinched the nomination by August, Mahoney says we may see a brokered convention, meaning the nominee could emerge from a negotiated settlement.

If it (the nomination process) goes into the convention, don't be surprised if someone different is at the top of the ticket, Mahoney said.

A compromise candidate could be someone such as former vice president Al Gore, Mahoney said last week during a meeting with this news organization's editorial board.

If either Clinton or Obama suggested to a deadlocked convention a ticket of Gore-Clinton or Gore-Obama, the Democratic Party would accept it, Mahoney said.

Please be Gore-Clinton if it comes to that!