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Gore Reportedly Will Name Running Mate on August 8th

Aired July 29, 2000 - 6:01 p.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

BERNARD SHAW, CNN ANCHOR: Just two days to go before the start of the Republican presidential convention, and this city is pulsating with activity. Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush is campaigning in key battleground states as he works his way toward Philadelphia. We'll have more on all that in a moment.

Our top story: Vice President Al Gore, who is vacationing in North Carolina, reportedly has decided to name his running mate on the Democratic ticket August 8th. But a spokesman says Gore still hasn't decided who that person will be.

Joining us now to talk more about this, our senior political analyst, Bill Schneider.

He might be vacationing, but Al Gore apparently is making some teasing waves.

WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Yes, indeed. He wants to be in the news.

Look, for the last week or so, really two weeks, George Bush has been at the center of attention. He appears to have gone up in the polls as a result of that. The vice presidential selection process was very much a part of it.

Now here we are in front of the podium on which Bush will be nominated, will make his acceptance speech, and we're talking about Al Gore. Well, that's one of the reasons why they've announced the date. They want us to be paying some attention so that he can get some of that spotlight away from Bush.

SHAW: Speaking of paying attention, will Gore's announced selection get the same kind of intense scrutiny that Dick Cheney is getting?

SCHNEIDER: Well, I think it will, and you know, the press of course does that with any nominee or vice presidential candidate of either party. Those who say, well, the press doesn't give the scrutiny to Democrats, you've got to remember Geraldine Ferraro and Tom Eagleton. There's a long history of going after the background of whoever is the choice of the party or of the nominee.

Now, part of it depends on whether the opposing camp is very aggressive. And in this case, the Gore camp was very aggressive in putting out information about Dick Cheney and calling attention to his connection to the oil industry, his voting background. They were very good in sending out those signals. We'll see if when Gore names his man the Republicans are equally aggressive about that.

SHAW: Do you think Karl Rove, chief strategist for the governor, will be aggressive?

SCHNEIDER: I wouldn't put it past him.

SHAW: Thank you, Bill Schneider.

SCHNEIDER: Sure.

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