I like Gore.  If you haven't heard his speach from Jan. 16 at DAR Constitution Hall, I would recommend it....In fact If he spoke like that in 2000, we would never have known what a Bush jr. presidency was like. (See http://peacecast.us/ and scroll down to Jan. 17, 2006)

and it was fan-tastic!

I was there (back in the hall where my high school graduation was held), and it was great.

Of course back in 2000 neither Gore nor the rest of us could have imagined the depths of corruption, incompetence, and antidemocratic behavior we've seen.  I think it took that to get him fired up, along with giving up on running for office (which I hope he'll reconsider) to let him feel free to speak his mind.

He would make a fine candidate though. I'm rooting for Mark Warner, but now I'm not too sure about him either. Warner lacks the passion I would really like to see in a presidential candidate but his record is excellent in other areas.

Mention Warner outside Virginia, and all you hear is he's blah. Not good. He needs some heavy dose of passion.

helping Jim Webb become our next Senator.  I was VERY pleased with everything Warner did for Tim Kaine last year, and would hope he'd do the same this year for Webb. That would impress me a great deal.

PS  Wes Clark already endorsed Webb, which puts Clark back on top of my Clark/Warner or Warner/Clark ticket. 

He's said some things in his "retirement" of sorts that would make it hard for him to attract Moderate swing voters against somebody like McCain.

Mark Warner 2008.

Well, I have to agree with thegools...every time I have heard Gore speak since he came out of hiding and did SNL with Phish after King George stole his job has been better than ANYTHING that came out of his mouth when he was running for POTUS.  I am so impressed with him this year; he did a speech in Florida recently that was INCREDIBLE:  the Span replayed it about 6 times.  It was a speech to get voters energized, and it really was magnificent.  I love gore, and I would like to se him run, though he probably won't.  His name is still tainted with anyone who may be leaning away from their regular Rep vote, but at the same time, is having a hard time picking the Dem. candidate.

Which brings me to Hillary.  I'll make it short and sweet:  she probably won't win, and frankly, I wish she wouldn't run. And yes, I am a woman, and yes, I think a woman can do the job, I just don't think it is Hillary's year, and she may end up backfiring.  I'm not gonna take another 4 years of Republican ruin just so I can say that I voted for a woman.  Harsh?  Yes.  Probably true in at least some way?  YES.

Warner-needs some polishing.  He doesn't speak that well in public, but all of that can change.  He would really resonate with some folks outside of the Dem party and def. outside of VA, but he needs some work.  I am totally up for giving him some free acting classes if he so desires.  ;)

Clark was my second choice in the 04 primaries, I am proud to admit that I was a Dean girl all the way.  But hey...doesn't look like this war is going ANYWHERE ANYTIME soon, so ANYONE that runs and wants to get on the ticket needs to get a "war guy" on deck with them.

"Which brings me to Hillary.  I'll make it short and sweet:  she probably won't win, and frankly, I wish she wouldn't run. And yes, I am a woman, and yes, I think a woman can do the job, I just don't think it is Hillary's year, and she may end up backfiring.  I'm not gonna take another 4 years of Republican ruin just so I can say that I voted for a woman.  Harsh?  Yes.  Probably true in at least some way?  YES."

Sad truth is, Hillary's got no chance.  She should just stay Senator from NY.  It's a very nice job, plus sha can have it till she falls over dead if she so desires.  Besides, part pf me rebels at the idea of picking a candidate because of their name, which you have to admit is what a Hillary pick would look like.

Plus, no Republican would ever defect to Hillary, no matter what she said or did.

But somehow I just can't see him coming back and going through it all again.  I'm for Warner at the moment.  After 8 years of bumbling incompetence, Warner will look positively magical.

The netroots might want it, but I don't think Al really does.

I want Gore to focus on his global warming education campaign more than anything else.

and I am GLAD, bc he seems to be the only one who understands what it is.  ;)

the trailer for "An Inconvenient Truth"? It's pretty awesome. I can't wait until this doc comes out.

Gore's Great in '08

I worked for Robb/Gore here in 2008 and I'd like to work for a Gore again in '08...

Robb/Gore 08?

got a little comment happy there...

meant 2000 but maybe '00 weird to write and I by habit put '08...my mistake

I don't know if he could win the primary upsetting the presumed frontrunner Hilary Clinton, but I think our party and country would benefit. Gore failed to generate enthusiasm in 2000 due to overpaid unperforming consultants and to Clinton's ethical lapses. Peace and prosperity are great themes to run on, but nothing sells like sex. Now six years later Gore will have neither of these problems. Let's see what he can do.

Al Gore would better serve the party and the country by staying out of the primary and endorsing a candidate of his choice (preferably Mark Warner.)

I'd be for Gore heart and soul and in a New York minute if he announced. But so many of the people who now think he's the bees knees spurned him for Ralph Nader when he ran in 2000. The Nader claim was that there was no difference between Gore and Bush - no difference between the Democrats and Republicans. And how many of the people now wishing and hoping for a Gore candidacy fell for that hook, line and sinker?

Although I know a lot of the people who were seduced by the belief that Gore and Bush were not that different do regret it and realize that it was a mistaken belief, I still believe that the media has a visceral dislike for Gore. And I am not sure that's changed.

Also, I think Gore likes the freedom of advocating from the outside. He knows that should he become a viable candidate again, all the old crap, the media making fun of him and calling him stiff, the party activists demanding ideological purity, the consultants pushing him to the center would be back. I think he's happy just being able to be himself and to say what he wants to and to advocate for his causes without having to worry about all that.

Of course, I could be wrong. And when I hear that he's called Peter Knight back, then I'll know and I'll smile.

AnonymousIsaWoman.  They relentlessly trashed him, and it was so unfortunate.  There America was, choosing to destroy the work of a man who just wanted to know whether or not he was elected fairly, while the whiny, dreaft-dodging dry drunk was SUING to get a job.  Sigh.  Wanna go get a glass of wine?  ;)

I have never heard another call Bush a "dry drunk" besides my father and me.  My dad is in AA (22 years now) and I have gone to many meetings.  Dad has long said that this guy, Bush, has a lot of the traits/problems that come from alcoholism only he is unrecovered.  He has stopped drinking, but has not treated the illness.  In AA they call it a "Dry drunk" or a "dry alcoholic."  It is a shame, because once treated my dad became a new and better person.  Perhaps Bush could do the same, but first you have to admit the problem....then later you go make amends and apologize for those you have wronged.  I wonder when he will do that last part?

He has all the symptoms and characteristics...and a well oiled PR machine to find excuses for his bumps and bruises.

If Gore campaigned with the same enthusiasm he has shown the last couple of years, it could be a real exciting campaign.  If he is up to it, I say let the primary process decide.  I for one would relish the idea.  Hillary is poison, way too many negatives.  Only way she wins is with a third party candidate splitting the R’s vote.  I like our favorite son, but Warner is flat.  If the election, or any presidential election ever turned on competent administration, then Warner has a great chance.  Not a likely prospect.  He’ll make is run and again the primary process decide.

Go Gore.  Even if he doesn’t make through the process, his fire from the stump would make it exciting.

Remember, Al Gore is the only Democrat elected President since Bill Clinton.

We elected him once, we should seriously think about doing it again. Hell, what's the worst that could happen -- we give him the votes, and then the Supreme Court gives the win to the other guy?