First of all, I would like to say congratulations to Al Gore, who has won the Nobel Peace Prize. He is truly an American, and in fact, an international, hero. Some might be afraid to admit it, but Global Warming is real and the reality is scary. We've seen some of its frightening affects already: rising temperatures, longer summers, shorter winters, rapidly melting ice caps, rising sea levels, more frequent and stronger hurricanes, etc. The world can not afford to ignore Global Warming any longer and we can credit Gore for bringing this once taboo topic to the forefront of issues being discussed globally. It might sound very "superman-like", but I can truly attest that Al Gore is trying to save the planet(and us) from its own destruction. He, more than anyone else, deserves the Nobel Peace Prize and I know that he will continue to work for the betterment of our planet and for that, we all owe Gore a huge thank you.
Secondly, I want to talk about the possibility of Gore in '08. Many want Gore to enter the race for the presidency, and I too wouldn't mind it. He is ready to be president, and should be, as he DID win in 2000. But thats another story. Back on topic, I honestly don't see Gore running in 2008. He would technically have to enter in the next few weeks to have any shot at winning the nomination. The problem is that democrats are satisfied with their current candidates and Gore doesn't want to, and shouldn't, come in just to lose. Hillary Clinton, polls show, has 53% of democrat's support. Obama and Edwards are also strong candidates. There just doesn't seem to be a niche for Gore, and I'm sure Gore recognizes that. He can probably have just as much influence serving as an adviser to the next President on environmental issues and serving as an environmental ambassador around the world as he would in the Oval Office himself.
So to end, I would just again like to say thank you to Al Gore for all his work and congratulations on his much deserved award. Keep up the good work, Al, the world needs you to.
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I know you're a huge Hillary Clinton fan and don't want to see Al Gore enter the race for president but don't you think he'd be a GREAT addition to the ticket as an "experienced" vice president? That would also give him the best forum possible for his global warming work.
^Johnny, I absolutely think Al Gore would make a great candidate, I just don't think he will jump in the race. He would be the most experienced candidate running and to be honest with you, if he did get in, he would seriously make me choose between him and Clinton, as I feel both would make superb presidents.
But on the issue of that giving him the best forum for global warming work----I'm not so sure. I don't want it to seem, rightly or wrongly, that Al Gore has been using global warming to advance his political career. Now I certainly don't believe he is, but you are well aware of how the media spins things like this, and I feel that could do more harm than good to the environmentalism movement.
You're right, he would do more good outside of the oval office. Nice site, by the way.
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Thanks Morthax for the compliment, I'm trying my best to make politidose an awesome site thats people can come to for honest, straight-shooter type opinions.
The ONLY reason why 53% of the people are on a poll supporting Hillary is because Al hasn't said he will run. If he ran, the polls supporting the current Democratic nominees would nosedive. Don't you get it? Pointing to the polls is inaccurate argument for why Al shouldn't run.
The polls do show that democrats are very happy with their current choices. There is not a clear, defined niche where Gore is needed.
"The polls do show that democrats are very happy with their current choices. There is not a clear, defined niche where Gore is needed."
Democrats were also very happy with their choices in the election years when they nominated Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis and John Kerry. That doesn't mean the current group of nominees are the best candidates in the election. Neither democrats nor republicans elect the president. It's the independents who eventually determine the election and I'm not sold on Hillary Clinton's electability.
^I agree with you there, but Hillary has a record of getting Independents to vote for her, as do the Clintons in general. Also, I believe, as Clinton is the most moderate, most centrist, out of all the candidates, she would do the best in a general election.
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