That's it, he's running, bet he joins in one month.

Might even be "in it to win."

When/if he makes that announcement, I would give anything to be a fly on the wall with Hillary and her brain trust, the epitome of panic.
 

He will not run. Neither Hillary nor Barack will have enough votes on the first ballot to win at the convention. There will be a Draft Gore movement. He will take the presidency. Hillary, being the ultimate realist, will agree to VP.
 

I love how people throw out these far-fetched scenarios that are extemely unlikely to ever occur. What is the evidence that Hillary won't have enough votes on the first ballot? She's far far ahead of Obama in the polls right now, and unless those polls are way off (and given that it is early and no votes have been cast yet), she'll be the nominee on the first ballot.

I sure do wish Gore would run, though. I'm getting a little tired of his coyness. If he feels passionately about global warming than "building awareness" is not enough. He needs to get into a position where he can actually implement policies that will change our carbon emissions.
 

Gore/Giuliani. Now there’s a nightmare.

To paraphrase Patton, “I’m one of the few people who believe we could still loose this war.”
 

Funny headline going around the place:

"Gore wins Nobel, Supreme Court gives it to Bush"
 

IF Gore runs, he becomes just another politician, and there will be lots of cynicism about the reasons he began his crusade against global warming (i.e. that he just did it for the exposure for his political career). I have lots of respect for Gore, but with strong Dem candidates already in the race, I don't think he'll enter. And from all appearances, he is now doing something that means more to him than politics, if that is possible.
 

Maybe the Noble Prize award committee was making an international plea to Al Gore to run for the US presidency, further asserting the need for a savior to negotiate the end of US involvement in the Mid East Mess. After all, this is traditionally a prize given for political/diplomatic /peace-making solution rather than a science-based call to arms.

Former Israeli PM Shimon Peres had written in his book how working toward shared environmental interests could foster cooperation in the Mid East. I hope Mr. Gore can read between the lines.
 

Gore would be a terrific President of a nation smart enough to elect him, perhaps Canada or France. But the US? unlikely...
 

To 1:14 - And I love how people dismiss hypotheses with taglines like "far-fetched scenarios". Yes Hillary is far ahead in the polls. The question is electoral votes, and with three fairly strong candidates in (Clinton, Obama, Edwards) there is a serious chance that she will not have enough to clinch the first ballot. Polls are often "far-fetched scenarios". There is a tremendous resistance to Clinton, at the same time that she appears to be quite the steamroller. It is a major question whether she can overcome this resistance, just as there is a question whether Obama can overcome resistance to him (on racial grounds). Gore won't run; that's too messy and makes him look too calculating. What he would do is accept a draft. You watch. It could most certainly happen.
 

Gore won't run, but i'd vote for him over the others in a heartbeat