Is Gore thinking about 2008?
Posted: Friday, October 12, 2007 9:18 AM by Domenico Montanaro
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It doesn’t seem like it. Reuters writes that “advisers say he is showing no signs of interest in the 2008 race… Long-time adviser Carter Eskew said he talks to Gore about once a week. ‘I don't think he's going to run,’ said Eskew. ‘He has said technically he hasn't ruled it out. But I can tell you he's making no moves and no sounds to indicate to me that he's going to run.’”
MSNBC.com’s Tom Curry adds that “the record of the American politicians who have won the Peace Prize since it was first handed out in 1901 shows that if you win, it’s an indication that your peak has passed. Theodore Roosevelt, the one American Peace Prize winner who tried to stage a political comeback, failed.”
More: “The list of previous American winners is dominated by politicians and statesmen whose careers in public office had ended or were soon to end: Jimmy Carter in 2002, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1973, former Secretary of State George Marshall in 1953, and Vice President Charles G. Dawes in 1925.”
As for the Gore endorsement primary, score a minor victory to Edwards, who was the first campaign -- at 5:17 am ET! -- out with a statement of congratulations. “Congratulations to Al Gore,” Edwards said in it. “The Nobel Peace Prize rewards three decades of Vice President Gore’s prescient and compelling – and often lonely – advocacy for the future of the Earth. His leadership stands in stunning contrast to the failure of the current administration to pursue policies that would reduce the harm of global warming.”
And Clinton now offers congratulations on her campaign Web site.
Obama was the last of the Dem front-runners to put out a statement: "By having the courage to challenge the skeptics in Washington and lead on the climate crisis facing our planet, Al Gore has advanced the cause of peace and richly deserves this reward,” he said. “His voice and his vision have awakened the conscience of America to the urgency of this threat, and now we must take bold action so that our children inherit a planet that is cleaner, safer, and more peaceful for generations to come.”
