This is the first of a planned series of occasional diaries that will track the National Draft Gore Movement, its size and progress and how it is doing in different states and segments of the population, until Al Gore makes a definitive statement about whether or not he will seek the Democratic nomination for President in 2008. It will report actual head-counts of participation and support through petitions, meetups, numbers of contributions, pledge drives, and the like, not polling data, as new and interesting data become available.
The Academy Awards ceremony on February 25 marks a watershed for the National Draft Gore Movement.
This day has been eagerly anticipated by Gore supporters, and Gore himself is reported to have focused on the ceremony for several months because An Inconvenient Truth has been nominated for two Oscars. If it receive even one, the movie and Gore will receive a new wave of publicity. Whether or not it does, he will then go on to other things, the publication of his book "The Assault on Reason" (May 22) and the Live Earth concert that he is promoting (July 7)and perhaps then presidential politics.
So how is the Draft Gore Movement doing so far this year? You've heard the buzz, what do the numbers tell us?
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