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Gore: No VP Slot For Me
Just in case anybody was hoping for a dream ticket of Barack Obama and Al Gore, you can put that hope to rest: In an interview set to air tomorrow on ABC's Good Morning America, Gore said definitively that he is not interested in the role.
"I've decided to impose a personal term limit of two terms as vice president," Gore said.
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Comments (8)
I think it was always a silly idea, not to be taken seriously, just like most of the VP choices floating around.
I really like Gore though, The Assault On Reason gave me a new found respect for him. Great book, you could tell he actually gets it.
July 17, 2008 10:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
He is a class guy and too good to spend his time messing around in the Senate. He would be good as Sec. of Energy.
July 17, 2008 11:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dear God! Please Obama, name Al Gore as your proposed energy Secretary...it would be like manna from heaven!
July 18, 2008 3:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Asking someone to enjoy yet another bucket of warm spit is just too much. If he were the VP nom he'd have to campaign and get down and dirty. I prefer it as it stands, with his saintly image intact--it absolutely drives conservatives nuts.
July 17, 2008 11:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
I wish he were the new energy secertary. I bet Obama picks someone else however.
I wish we could move into an new era.
Obama says he is a progressive but I think that just means he is a DLC Democrat.
July 18, 2008 4:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
No surprise; I can't imagine him wanting to do it again.
I do think Obama should consider creating a global warming czar to coordinate EPA, DoE and other relevant departments/agencies and, if so, Gore would be the obvious person to do that.
July 18, 2008 9:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
Great idea, Moose -- just please don't call the person the "___ Tsar." Too many past Tsars in other administrations; historically, none is taken seriously, each suffers ridicule and ends in obscurity, or worse.
July 18, 2008 11:02 AM | Reply | Permalink
...not to mention anti-Bolshevist.
July 18, 2008 3:12 PM | Reply | Permalink