President-elect Barack Obama will meet privately with former Vice President Al Gore in Chicago Tuesday.Will Gore be named Obama's climate czar? The former vice president has said he's not interested. But was Gore just saying the right thing? Playing it cool in hopes of fitting in with Obama's leak-resistant team?Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider on Monday confirmed the meeting but would not comment on what the two planned to discuss.
Democrats familiar with the meeting say it was not set up to discuss the possibility of Gore taking a position in the Obama administration.