In my last column I cited the reasons why Al Gore is my De Facto President.  Since then I have heard from Mac Hathaway who, citing favorable comments Gore has received on this site, recommends drafting Gore for President.  You will read more on that later.  

Two previous presidential draft movements in American history gained traction and arouse discussion among historians and political enthusiasts today.  They occurred twenty years apart in 1940 and 1960.  The earlier effort resulted in that candidate securing his party's presidential nomination.

Wendell Willkie was an Indianan who became a corporate lawyer for Commonwealth and Southern.  While he opposed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the realm of anti-trust law and other domestic issues, he was a solid internationalist who supported Roosevelt's efforts to aid Britain during that tragic period when it was imperiled under brutal Nazi siege at Dunkirk.  

Roosevelt had been fearful that a Republican nominee might campaign on an isolationist theme.