What does the allusion in this text suggest?
Al Gore had a long career in politics as a congressman and vice president, but he met his Waterloo in the 2000 presidential election, when he lost to George W. Bush.

 - He suffered a crushing defeat.
 - He had his finest moment.
The text uses an allusion, a brief reference to someone or something well known.
The allusion met his Waterloo suggests that he suffered a crushing defeat. It refers to the French emperor Napoleon, who suffered his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.