Gore as Nixon? Vote Nixon!

     A recent poll at NH Insider (totally unscientific) gives, for preferred Democrat nominee in 2008, Gore 41%, Clark 27%.  I don't like historical parallelisms, but I feel sucked into this one.

Nixon	Gore
VP of popular two term President Eisenhower	VP of popular two term President Clinton
Not liked by Eisenhower at all	Not particularly liked by Clinton
Loses in close election to young, politician from highly connected family.	Loses in close election to young, politician from highly connected family.
Winner in 1960 gets America into unpopular war (Viet Nam)	Winner in 2000 gets America into unpopular war (al Iraq)
Comes back to win handily, eight years later	???