But that shouldn't stop the press from doing its duty, which is more to let the American people know that such a question and its ramifications exist than what the vice president's response is. It's not as though this hasn't happened before. The Nixon-Ford example is still within the consciousness of most Americans. One would hope. Gore might well ignore the question.
Selective deafness is an imperative skill in the tradecraft of incumbency.
And this is, but again it's legitimate to ask. Impeachment or resignation is now a genuine possibility, though still not a probability, even as neither was earlier in the Clinton scandals. After Nixon resigned to avoid certain impeachment by the House of Representatives and removal from office by the Senate, Ford pardoned him of all crimes he committed, or might have committed, while in office. Anyway, it's moot now. But what Gore would do, under either circumstance, is anything but moot.