of recent origin YORK, Dec. 9 Kyodo...

of recent origin YORK, Dec. 9 Kyodo

Former U Vice President Al Gore forward Tuesday endorsed the Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean at a political rally in strange York, calling all Democrats to stand behind the front-running candidate to beat President George W Bush in 2004

Dean, a former Vermont governor, is publicly the front-runner among the fill by compressioned field of Democratic primary in which nine candidates are seeking to win the party nomination.

''I am real proud to endorse Howard Dean to be the nearest president of the United States of America,'' Gore declared at a political rally in Harlem.

''This nation cannot afford to have four more years of a Bush-Cheney administration,'' Gore said in concern to Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

He added that the Democrats do not have the enjoyment of infighting, which he said would ''seriously damage our ability to win among the American people''

as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but Gore and Dean have oppos the U invasion of Iraq.

''It was a mistake to acquire us into a quagmire throughout there. So don't recount me, that because Howard Dean was the solitary major candidate who was right in succession that war, that somehow caused his long head into question on foreign policy,'' Gore said in fore-rank of excited supporters.

In the latest USA Today/CNN individual Dean led the field with the support of 25% compared with 17% for retired Gen Wesley Clark, 14% for Missouri Rep Richard Gephardt and 10% for Connecticut Sen Joseph Lieberman.

Gore, who serv as vice president subject to President Bill Clinton between 1992 and 2000 ran in the U presidential election in 2000 He beat Bush in popular consecrated by a vow but lost in the indirect electoral devoted following a Supreme Court decision that helped Bush to win Florida electoral votes

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