Fifteen years ago, the negative was huge. They talked about organized crime. They talked about how gambling would attract prostitution. It would bring in the wrong kinds of tourists. Now it is better than 2-to-1 on the positive side.

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There is the only pure negative. That is the concern about addiction and people losing too much money, ... we've got a problem and we are going to tackle it.

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When are people going to link up the costs of rebuilding New Orleans with the cost of rebuilding Iraq? It's going to equate to, where are we spending our money and what are we doing?

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I think Al Gore really needs to find his voice, and I think he needs to find his own style. I think, up to this stage, he hasn't found that.

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I think that the difficulty for Al Gore is that he started with the sense that the nomination was coming his way, that major opponents like (House Minority Leader) Dick Gephardt and (Nebraska Sen.) Bob Kerrey dropped out. I don't think he realized how formidable the challenge would be coming from Bill Bradley or just in general.

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There's a middle group of about 17 percent who like him professionally and don't like him personally. Those are the people who are going to spell a major difference.

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This race has gone from being one-sided to competitive. I think we make a mistake to think that Al Gore is being routed out of this campaign. He's still in the lead and he's the formidable candidate.

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Al Gore has lined up the constituencies.

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That has changed dramatically. People have had the chance to explore what gaming means to their community.

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