Today Carville, while being interviewed by Wolfie, weighed in on the VP decision Obama will be making. Instead of tooting Hillary's horn, he made a suggestion that I have been promoting.
Al Gore.
Yep.
I hate to admit that Carville and I think alike on anything. I find him pretty outrageous 99.5% of the time. However, occasionally, he can make some sense.
link to transcript
The point Carville made, which is the same I have advocated, is that climate change/energy is a huge issue of utmost importance. Obama will be way busy dealing with health care, getting us out of Iraq, re-establishing our credibility in the world, re-establishing military readiness, etc. We need a major effort on energy and the environment and no one could do that like Al Gore.
I have posted this earlier and got poo-poo'd - he'll never do it etc. But you know what? This position would give Gore way more influence on the issue that he is most passionate about. He would strengthen the ticket - and he can get elected president - AGAIN - in eight years.
You gotta admit Carville is not totally off his rocker in this case. Don'tcha?