on his blog: Al Gore’s next act

Of course, he could have more impact as president, as he knows. "I want to be clear about the fact that I’m not making the mistake of assuming I could do more this way than I could as president," he told us in Nashville. He also will not definitively take himself out of the political game.

"You know, I know what it’s like to be elected and not serve." He laughed louder than anyone at that line and then said, "I wouldn’t want to do that again."