The new class warrior

摘要

For most of this campaign, the vice-president has been suffering from multiple personality disorder. He can be an alpha male, a caring environmentalist or an international statesman, depending on the time of day. Trying to raise doubts about whether he knows who he is, wired Republicans have taken to calling his latest pronouncements "Gore 7.0". They ask when the real Al Gore will please stand up. And the answer may be: now. Over the past week, a new model candidate has been road-tested. With this version, Mr Gore may at last have settled on something he can take to the voters in November. It may even work.