By Nachama Soloveichik have a dream. In the big room there are bright lights everywhere. Members of the audience watch in earnest, while Americans across the country watch the live debate in their living rooms, in their dens, and in their bathtubs. Gore seizes the initiative. He mocks the Bush mantra, the famous compassionate conservatism.
Tension fills the air along with the protracted silence.
In their respective homes, Republicans clench fists while Democrats laugh gleefully. Three minutes pass. Finally the defender speaks. Gore, more than slightly puzzled, launches into his gun-control mode. And then the moment comes.