He shows every sign of utopian thinking, of the belief in vast, comprehensive, and definitive solutions in which, with the right words on the right kind of paper, the vagaries of life, law, and human nature can be ironed out, once and for all. It is charged with the evangelistic fervor of a man who believes he can save the world. And these ends would be pressed in an overwrought climate of crisis and urgency. Doubtless, Gore believes that all this would lead to a brighter world think of a population that looks like America bicycling everywhere but the trouble with most kinds of utopian thinking is not the end in mind, but the result. As history has shown, time and time over, the result tends to be the opposite of the desired goal.
Utopian schemes double back on their founders.
A born politician, Bill Clinton accepts the din of the process and even enjoys it. Gore, an unnatural politician, pushed into the field by his ambitious parents, shows no feel for the process at all. Discussion and dissent are treated as treason. Opponents are seen, not as citizens to be won over, but as blood enemies to be destroyed. Dealing with others has not been Gore s forte.