A few hours ago, while flipping between the five(!!!) NBC stations that were carrying various Live Earth shows, I caught a few minutes of an interview with Gore.
The reporter tried very hard to paint him into a corner about running for President. He danced around most of her questions smoothly. Then at one point she said something to the effect of, "If you were to become convinced that none of the other candidates would make the necessary decisions as President to stop global warming, would that force you to step into the ring?"
He blinked. He paused. Then he slowly changed the subject, smoothness gone for a few moments.
He really is thinking about running, even though I think it's clear he doesn't want to. It's going to take millions of Americans asking him to run, combined with ruthless analysis of the other candidates' environmental platforms, to do it. Even so, he'll wait till the last minute, in order to make the campaign as short as possible for himself and his family.
Everybody keep thinking strong thoughts!
But it will take more than strong thoughts, and I say that as an expert on the topic of magic. It will take money, and lots of it.
So it occurred to me that we could provide some serious encouragement in this realm with a poll about how much money Kossacks would be willing to give him, once he formally announces.
Based on the numbers of people pledging particular amounts, he could get a good idea of just how much people at just one blog would be willing to give.
I understand that it's usually poor form to ask people to rec my diary, but I'd like this to move to and stay in the rec list for at least a day or two, so we can get a statistically significant sample.
It's annoying that we can's do polls with multiple choice boxes, but the following should be a decent start. Since I can't edit the poll once the diary is up, please use a comment to detail money and/or volunteer skills you are offering in the last two options.