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Al Gore

• September 29 -- Kerry "Holds Back on Purpose"?
Todd Purdum's front-page story could be a morale booster for Kerry supporters: "As Mr. Kerry approaches this campaign's home stretch, with the first debate tomorrow night, there is much in his past to suggest that he believes elections are won in the endgame, that he holds back on purpose and begins concentrating intently on the race only when he believes the voters are, too." Also, debating tips from Al Gore.

• May 27 -- Blandly Regurgitating Gore's Manhattan Meltdown
James Barron listens to Al Gore's extremist anti-Bush rant and the strongest words he uses to describe it are "a broad-gauge attack." Barron also leaves off extreme elements of Gore's speech, as when he accuses the Bush administration of "establishing an American gulag."

• February 10 -- Nixonian Politics of Fear Rears Ugly Head (Says Gore)
Katharine Seelye lets Gore compare Bush to Nixon: "[Gore] recalled that President Richard M. Nixon had used 'the politics of fear' to make his father, Albert Gore Sr., out to be unpatriotic and an atheist….He said he recalled that defeat because 'the last three years we've seen the politics of fear rear its ugly head again.'"

• December 29 -- Shut Up, Krugman Explained
In the spirit of holiday generosity, columnist Paul Krugman deigns to give reporters something he clearly places premium value on--his opinion: "President Bush has turned this country sharply to the right, and this election will determine whether the right's takeover is complete. But will the coverage of the election reflect its seriousness? Toward that end, I hereby propose some rules for 2004 political reporting."

• December 9 -- Gore and Lieberman, Centered
Al Gore's shocking endorsement of the candidacy of Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (and his implicit rejection of former running mate Sen. Joe Lieberman) gives the paper another chance to insist Gore and Lieberman are "centrists."