I was/is a great admirer of Al Gore. One of the sad
moments that I felt in my life is when he Supreme Court
 ruled against Al Gore in Bush V. Gore. 
I believe that he lost 2000 because of three things. Media bias, Ralph Nadar and Supreme Court. Media basically
hounded him and gave Gov. GW Bush a pass. It favored a lightweight over someone who prepared for the position all along. There is something in human nature and American Media that makes it to pull down someone who is well prepared/smarter person of the crowd.

Among the number of people associated with Pres. Clinton, your behavior during this primary is among the most commendable. Given some of the ill feelings that you had from 2000 (that Sen. Clinton took resources for her election fight in NY), I
wouldnot have been surprised had you stabbed her in the back like Gov. Richardson to Sen. Kennedy. You have announced that you will stay neutral and you did till the end.
It must have been tough given all the SF and Valley crowd  that you find yourself in these days is literally swooning for Sen. Clinton's adversary. You rose above the pettyness to betray. You did the right thing to let the things play out.  I believe that some who is not loyal to friends and the people who have helped you is not going to be loyal to the nation itself when it matters. He/She will be loyal to himself and his self interests. A sign of the character is to do the right thing even if it is against the wind. So, Al Gore - you are a class act.

As a wine swilling, well educated, male, resident of a well of a  liberal community, the media says I am not supposed to
 say a positive thing about you. Yes. I voted for you in 2000 for Senate. I was not enthusiastic about you before.
I saw you how hard you worked for the 2000 Senate campaign. My reaction was she wants power. Then, I saw you up close how hard you worked for NY. Yes. Sen. Chuck Schumer is as good in that regard. But, I never felt
that positive about you. I admired Pres. Clinton but not you
before. When you started running for Dem. nomination, it is fair to say that I was hopping for someone else to emerge to give you a fight.

But, all that has changed today. When I saw you working hard for NY Senate, my reaction was she wants power and she is cashing on her fame and built in advantages as a first lady.

During this primray: you are dealt so badly that my anitpathy melted away.  You withstood all your adversaries
and in my opinion, you have actually WON the Democratic nomination on merits. You won more states with Electoral votes. You won more BIG prize states. You won more votes. You are leading in more swing states. This is no mean achievement when most of the media is openly supporting your adversary.

1. So many of your friends stabbed you in the back at important moments in the primary race. ingrates and all..

2. Media: Yes. It is the most biased coverage that I have seen. Maybe the rightwingers are correct when they complain that Media is liberal.
Your words are twisted and interpreted in the most negative context. your every gaffe is blown out of proportion and your opponent is given a pass time and again. It is so grating to see again and again columnists
cranking out articles opposing you and supporting your adversary with all the double standards.

3. Racism : Yes, you may have won some racist votes. The
media kept pointing it out. But, it is more accurate to say
that you have lost 100s of delegates because of  Racism on
the part of African Americans. I hate  to say this as
someone who is always supportive of them. Whatever may be the faults of you and Pres. Clinton, you have tried to do
the right thing when it came to minorities and in particular African Americans. In my opinion, you have pandered to them and bent over back and courted them like on one before. Yet, they have abandoned you for a nominal African American. Racism is when you like or dislike someone just because of Race or skin color. So, it is racism that has costed you the number of delegates and
ultimately the nomination on technicality.

4.Blue color working class Male voters: I felt that you willnot get the male voter support. I am surprised that you won them state after state. Perhaps, they saw the working class roots in you behind all that exterior.

5. Young Woman: Yes, young woman didn't support you
in great numbers. But, you have done them a great favor. Donot be pushed over. Fight for what you believe in. Stand up and you will win. In many respects, you have WON on merits.  As a father of an young daughter, I thank you and salute you.