Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

April 28, 2004

Kerry Meets With Gore

Buried at the bottom of an AP story is this interesting item: "Kerry also met privately with former Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2000, said a Kerry aide, who not characterize the meeting."

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