https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/02/03/is-mitt-romney-al-gore/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 03:21:35 -0400<![CDATA[Romney, Kerry, and Gore are all, in a way, versions of the same political type. Statuesque, handsome, from privileged backgrounds and impeccably credentialed, they have no log-cabin stories to humanize and ground them. Unlike a Lyndon Johnson, a Richard Nixon, a Ronald Reagan, a Bill Clinton, or a Barack Obama, they didn’t overcome humble origins or broken families. Romney’s background is alien to most Americans not because he descends from polygamists but because his father was a governor of Michigan, an automobile company CEO, and a presidential candidate.]]>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:32:52 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/02/03/is-mitt-romney-al-gore-n89821