Gore Hasn't Ruled Out White House Run

(AP)  Former Vice President Al Gore said Sunday he hasn't ruled out making a second bid for the White House, though he said it was unlikely.

Gore spoke to reporters in Sydney, where he was promoting the local premiere of his documentary on global warming.

"I haven't completely ruled out running for president again in the future but I don't expect to," Gore said before the Sunday night premiere of "An Inconvenient Truth."

"I offer the explanation not as an effort to be coy or clever. It's just the internal shifting of gears after being in politics almost 30 years. I hate to grind the gears," he added.

Gore, who lost the presidency to President Bush in 2000 in disputed circumstances, said there was no doubt the impact of global warming would be best addressed through the power of the presidency, but making a documentary was second best.

Gore's renewed popularity and movie tours across the United States have spurred speculation of a White House run in 2008. He has previously repeatedly denied such intentions.

The documentary, which Gore narrates, is critical of the United States and Australia for refusing to adopt the Kyoto Protocol for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Prime Minister John Howard, a friend and ally of Bush, said he would not meet Gore during his Australian visit and would not heed his advice to sign up to Kyoto.

"I don't take policy advice from films," Howard told reporters.

[paul_pitcl]

Sometimes I wonder if Al did not dodge a bullet in 2000. Many of these things might still have occurred and with a Republican Congress, it would have been even more frustrating. Let's win back the Congress first and then the Presidency.

[joeytheshark]

To all above commentators: Are you all insane? You must be! You post nothing of substance, just ridiculous attacks against President Bush that have no foundation in reality. Shame an you! You are committed leftists who refuse to see the complete bankruptcy of your failed ideas. Al Gore for president? Are you living in Candyland? My God, people, you think Al Gore would confront terrorists? His response to September 11 would have been a day of mourning. THAT'S IT! No war on terror and nothing to improve our security. By the way, President Bush's grades and IQ are higher than those of Gore AND Kerry! The only thing more disturbing than your vicious rumors and ad hominem attacks on President Bush is the quickness and glee with which the lemmings who follow you accept the same drivel!

[severow]

Yes, what better way to observe the Bicentennial of the presidency of James Madison (1809-1817) than to elect a proven leader who can wrestle with the details of domestic and foreign policy administrative proposals and congressional legislative packages while holding together the constitutional threads which bind the Nation and, as Mr. Madison did during the most stressful years of the War of 1812, still honoring and respecting the U.S. Bill of Rights here at home.

Meanwhile, just as Thomas Jefferson said that a bill of rights is something the people of no nation should have to do without (letter to Madison of December 20, 1787), a President Al Gore could help forge and international movement toward ultimate environmental protection which nonetheless could retain a decent respect for the domestic needs and priorities of all nations around the world.

[clestes-2009]

Please, please Mr. Gore run. We really need someone like you in the Whitehouse. I know it will be a really nasty job cleaning up after Bush, but there is so much he has done wrong, I don't know of anyone else who could undo Bush's damage.

[jb1127]

Yes! Yes!! YES!!!

[Atlantic2752]

Gore for President, Yes...Run

[americaldwag]

I implore Al Gore to run for President again! I think that he is the only viable Democratic candidate. (Mr. Obama, from Illinois, would be a perfect running mate)

[mwitten2]

Six years and counting of the worse President in the history of the United States! Yes, Al Gore run in 2008, I don't believe the United States can take much more of the Republican style of "leadership". Additionally, we need a President who understands the great threat of global warming instead of playing patsy to the big oil companies!

[hilario3]

To have our country governed by an intellect
would show that we are rational people. Mr. Gore
has the working knowledge and respect of other
intellects in our country and around the world to
bring our nation back to prosperity and peace.
Fear has become a way of life, we should not give
this legacy to our children and to their children.

[fedora1958]

I'd be happy to vote for Al Gore in 2008.