Oh! This truly gives me hope-especially after reading this and noting how Reuters put out a "Al Gore isn't running" piece. Even though Al Gore didn't say that in the article, THEY DID. Then they quoted him on what he's been saying since the release of An Inconvenient Truth; that he's on a different kind of campaign.
http://today.reuters.com/...
It seems that someone may have been trying to squelch Al Gore's support by making that statement.
I like what this article says and they have sources and quotes, not the reporters interpretation.
"More and more people are asking, 'What about Al Gore?' " says Steve Grossman, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. "If Al Gore were to announce for president, he would be a first-tier candidate on day one. Instead of it being Hillary and Obama on the covers of the national magazines, you would have three faces there."
The Internet activists would turn cyberspace into a potent fund-raising realm for Gore if he does decide to get in, Grossman predicts.
Publicly, Gore hasn't ruled out running, but neither has he evinced much interest.
But when one friend asked him recently about another campaign, Gore didn't dismiss the question out of hand. "We'll see how things go," he replied.
Another Democratic source says that in recent weeks, the former vice president's camp has quietly put out feelers to presidential politicos, asking whether they are committed for 2008."
http://www.boston.com/...
And I will hold out hope, especially considering the current list of current and potential candidates, that Al Gore will come to America's rescue and give in to his OTHER true passion, and decide to run to be our President in 08.