This piece is a hypothetical news article dated March 5, 2008. It supposes that Al Gore has just secured the Democratic nomination, and it explains how he pulled it off.
Excerpt:
When Al Gore asked America last December to “re-elect� him, voters reacted with surprise and skepticism. He was widely liked, but pundits called to question whether or not such a last-minute campaign was winnable. After Super Tuesday, nothing is clearer: it was. Yesterday, Gore clinched the Democratic Party Presidential nomination. [...]
Although Gore’s candidacy appeared to be a last-minute decision made just in the nick time, the reality is that Gore’s campaign was far more calculating than that. The biggest advantage to getting in a Presidential race early is that there is time to get the candidate’s name out. This was a moot point for Gore, who’s most talked about documentary of the decade won two Oscars and who once before received a plurality of the American vote for President.
For Gore, it was most advantageous to wait. By entering the race in December of 2007—10 months after his most formidable opponents Senator Obama and Senator Clinton—Gore gave himself distinct advantages over his competition.
