We ALREADY elected him...

HOLLYWOOD, California February 25, 2007- Al Gore won an Oscar for his global warming documentary but did not announce a bid for the 2008 presidential election. Speculation had been rife that he might use the Academy Awards platform -- with more than one billion people said to be watching -- to launch his candidacy for president.

Accepting the Oscar, for his documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Gore said, “My fellow Americans, people all over the world — we need to solve the climate crisis. It’s not a political issue. It’s a moral issue. We have everything we need to get started with the possible exception of the will to act. That’s a renewable resource. Let’s renew it.”

OSLO, Norway February 1, 2007 - Former Vice President Al Gore was nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his wide-reaching efforts to draw the world’s attention to the dangers of global warming, a Norwegian lawmaker said Thursday.

“A prerequisite for winning the Nobel Peace Prize is making a difference, and Al Gore has made a difference,” Conservative Member of Parliament Boerge Brende, a former minister of environment and then of trade, told The Associated Press...

The winner is traditionally announced in mid-October, with the prize always presented on the Dec. 10 anniversary of the death of its creator, Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel.

The secretive Nobel committee never comments on specific nominations, but members often note that anyone can be nominated. Last year, there were 191 nominations for the prize that went to Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded to help the poor.

Other announced nominations for the 2007 prize include Vietnamese Monk Thich Quang Do and Sail Training International, a British-based charity helping young people develop through sailing.
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I almost hate to say it, but I would be content to have Barack Obama, John Edwards, or even Queen Hillary as VICE PRESIDENT, so long as we could somehow get Gore to run. I really don't think he will- which of course, makes him even more appealing (remember Mario Cuomo and Gen. Collin Powell?). Since he didn't announce last night, expect some decision in October or November of this year- be patient, remember that the Iowa Caucus isn't intil January 2008. Former President Jimmy Carter, himself a Nobel Peace Prize winner, all but endorsed Gore on This Week with George Stephonopolis on ABC this past Sunday morning before the Oscars.