The elder Bush had trouble expressing his emotions. Politics runs in both families. Gore is the son of the late Sen. Albert Gore Sr., a critic of the Vietnam War and early convert to civil rights who lost his Tennessee seat in 1970. The elder Gore once bragged that his son was raised to succeed in presidential politics. Both Gore and Bush campaign heavily in the six primary states, but had the general election in mind.
Polls show the Texas governor is strong in the South.
Gore believes he has a chance to win Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee in November. Louisiana has a high population of black voters, who tend to side with Democrats. And the vice president hopes to carry his home state in November. This is my home. Democrats have all but conceded Texas to Bush, who won re-election by a landslide in 1998.