"Good people trapped in a bad system" - Al Gore

In “The Assault on Reason” Al Gore gives a no holds barred assessment of George W. Bush, asserting that the president is incompetent and “out of touch with reality.”

Here is what columnist E. J. Dionne Jr. wrote:

For example, when Gore is asked if any of the Democrats running for president were changing the system he holds in such low esteem, he pulls no punches.

"They're good people trapped in a bad system," he says, "and I think it's the system that needs to be changed and I don't see them changing it."

The campaign dialogue so far, he says, has not been "very enriching or illuminating" in "either party." But, no, that doesn't mean he's going to run, though he never completely shuts the door. It's part of the fun he's having.