Gore In '08? (A Continuing Plea For A Comeback)

Now even the AP is taking notice-
Is Al Gore Running for President Again?

Could the Gore momentum even drag Dick Morris back into the Democratic fold? Hmmm.

Meanwhile, even though he's still out of politics, Gore faces an impending smear campaign... from Big Oil. Think Progress reports that "the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) will unveil two 60-second TV ads focusing on what it calls “global warming alarmism and the call by some environmental groups and politicians to reduce fossil fuel and carbon dioxide emissions.” The ad, which will be aired in more than a dozen cities across the country, is being released just a week before the May 24th opening (in LA and NYC) of Al Gore’s new movie on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth." The CEI receives major funding from Exxon Mobil and the American Petroleum Institute.

Think of them as the Swift Oil Veterans For Truth.

One reason I am now positive that a Gore run is the Democrats' best shot at electoral victory in 2008 is by looking at the right-wing reactions to him, compared to other candidates. The supposed Democratic front-runner, Hillary Clinton, is mocked by the right, but they also discuss her respectfully as a formidable opponent (neocon tool John Podhoretz has even written a book- 'Can She Be Stopped'- to discuss the supposed inevitability of a Clinton win). They can afford to discuss her in this manner because, in reality, they know she is not a threat. Mentions of a Gore run, however, elicit derision and dismissal on the right. My instincts tell me this is because they know that, unlike Hillary and the year 2000 Gore, he will not be pushed around. He's the real deal now.

Finally, the American Prospect's Ezra Klein starts a 'Gore Watch' feature.