We have time to let the patient recover enough so that when we do make our decision, it's going to be the right one. We don't know yet if the dams must be breached in order to avoid extinction. Environmentalists, meanwhile, are getting a different story. It is a tough issue for Gore, who has presented himself as the administration's leading environmentalist. But he needs the labor vote to win.
Labor solidly backs the dams.
And the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, represents about 460,000 workers. Faced with this divide between two core constituencies, Gore apparently has decided not to decide. The most powerful congressional opponent of dam-breaching, has been targeted by Democrats, who view him as vulnerable. N.E., to hear from local and state officials and tribal leaders on salmon-recovery efforts. The meeting runs from noon to 5 p.m.