The Mystery of the Al Gore Drop-out in 2004

Barbara Stock asks "If ''everyone'' felt Gore was the rightful winner of the last election, couldn’t he just call in his campaign and show up on inauguration day to be sworn in? Wouldn’t ''everyone” vote for Gore to correct this terrible wrong?"

The Democrats can't have it both ways. If the last election was "stolen" from Gore and he didn't "lose" it, why is he not their candidate this time?
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