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.