Backing into the Presidency : The Presidential Campaign of Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman. This paper will argue that Buchanan's analysis, in terms of the Democratic campaign for the presidency, is largely accurate. While a review of the Gore-Lieberman ticket's platform on any number of issues is quickly available to any visitor to the campaign website (www.algore.com), the reality is that issues do not appear to matter significantly in this year's presidential elections. In a time of prosperity, and in a post-Cold War/post-Clinton context, the public focus in this year's election is more upon questions of character than the candidate's stand upon this or that particular issue. As will be seen, this focus has presented numerous challenges to the Gore campaign. While some of these challenges have been successfully met, others remain in circulation in the public consciousness and may yet impact the outcome of the elections. 7 pgs. Bibliography lists 9 sources. Pages: 7 Bibliography: 9 source(s) listed Filename: 3706 Presidential Campaign Gore.doc Price: 62.65