The Real Reason Gore is Not Running in ’04:
A narrow majority of Americans said that Al Gore deserved another chance to run for the presidency, but fewer than half said they actually wanted Gore to run, according to a Washington Post poll conducted in the days immediately before the former Vice President announced his decision not to enter the 2004 race.
And fully half the country expressed a desire to leave the rancorous election of 2000 behind.
Republicans are most upset he is not running, I assure you.