I have to say I really enjoyed the gag speech Gore begin to give at the end of the first presentation with Leonardo DiCaprio. Given the fact he was so stiff in personality seven years ago, he really pulled it off and got the laughs.

But seriously, the guy needs to get in the race and kick Hillary's butt.

Kudos to Carter for putting pressure on Gore, I hope he continues to call for him to run.

I got a kick out of the little comedy bit too. Well done.

GOOD FOR CARTER. RUN AL RUN! (No offense, john edwards, still my strong second choice)

I think the vanishing point for Al to announce is quickly approaching, but maybe the love he got last night will make him reconsider. Run Al, Run!

And I'm sure that Al Gore's house and other buildings that use that electricity/gas are also quite a bit larger than the average person's.

Does he have a farm, business, etc. on the premises? Are there multiple buildings?

You can't compare to the "average American" without giving some info on the location being discussed. Because the average American is probably only in about 1,000 square feet of house. I'm sure he has a lot more than that.

Hey, if the Oscars and the 2006 World Cup can buy enough credits to be "carbon neutral," I'm sure Al and Tipper's homelife can be accommodated too.

Yes, I do get it. People around here like to compare apples to tractors, and then charge those of us who ask for the facts surrounding the comparison of "not getting it." It's a pretty common theme.

As someone who has been involved in the environmental movement since I was about 10 years old, I definitely get it.

Obviously my electric bill here in Oregon where I need no a/c in the summer, can use the fireplace in the winter, has city sewer/water, and have a little over 1,000 sq feet is going to use a heck of a lot less energy than someone who has 6,000 square feet, needs the a/c to keep cool during the summer, runs a farm, uses a pump for water, etc. Not that the description I just gave is Gore's house. That's why I am saying that we need to know the facts surrounding the comparison.

Anyone can compare two things. It doesn't mean the comparison is correct or even means anything.

C Burr--

I agree with you completely.

At that point it'd be a matter of who do we support as a vice presidential candidate.

I can only hope Hillary would get the hint and decide not to run if Gore throws his name in.

Gore does indeed use his home more than most people. when Bill Bradbury went to Tennessee to learn how to deliver a version of AIT, along with over 100 over notables (including Faith Hill, who i already loved for singing the song at the very end of "Mad About You", one of my favorites shows of all time), the training took place at his home. i believe in the horse barn, which obviously has been modified for more than horsies.

these "energy" attacks on Gore are going to prove as bogus as all the other attacks run against him. he's being tremendously effective, and his success will lead to changes in how people purchase energy and appliances, how they live their lives, and the nature of their politics. he's not merely inconvenient; he's downright dangerous. so the wingnuts will find and use anything they can to try and destroy him. what we cannot forget is that his message is scientifically sound and that what he is preaching is true: we either change the way we live, or we risk our entire future.

i think Gore will pass for several reasons. one, he's been down that road and he doesn't want to go thru all that shit again. he was treated more unfairly than any person i can think of by the media, and that includes poor dead Anna Nicole. second, i think his friendship with Clinton would keep him from challenging Hillary (the same reason we see nothing of Clark). but most importantly, he has power and clout to effect climate change that would evaporate in the heat of politics. Kitz has made that decision regarding the Senate: he knows he'd beat Smith, but being a senator would reduce his ability to affect health care the way he desires by about 90%. Gore probably believes that whoever the Dems run will win (he's right). and he has enough confidence in Hillary and the rest to serve well. so why should he go thru that again? after all, he's already won once before; he's got nothing left to prove.

much less President Gore's.

Hey, you're not prophetic, are you? Cause if so, you just made my day.

Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?

With "all due respect" to those that are besmirching Gore for his power usage, I quote today's comments in the Center for American Progress daily email "The Progress Report".

ATTACKING GORE: The right wing is angry that Gore has won so much public attention and goodwill for his work on global warming. Determined to smear his efforts, influential Internet gossip Matt Drudge yesterday published details of Gore's electricity bills under the screaming headline: "Gore Mansion Uses 20x Average Household; Consumption Increase After 'Truth.'" (Drudge's attack comes two weeks after Fox News host Sean Hannity accused Gore of hypocrisy for taking a private jet to President Clinton's State of the Union in 2000, and a year after "a seemingly amateurish Youtube video mocking the 'An Inconvenient Truth' turned out to have been produced by slick...public relations firm called DCI, which just happens to have oil giant Exxon as a client.") Gore rebutted Drudge's recent attack, pointing out 1) that his family has taken numerous steps to reduce the carbon footprint of their private residence, including signing up for 100 percent green power through Green Power Switch, installing solar panels, and using compact fluorescent bulbs and other energy saving technology; and 2) Gore has consistently purchased carbon offsets to make up the family’s carbon footprint -- a concept the right-wing fails to understand. These are the lengths that climate skeptics must go to suppress action on global warming. There is no meaningful debate within the scientific community, so the right-wing busies itself with talk about Gore’s electricity bill -- and even then it distorts the truth.

Learn more about this right wing slur on Gore here.

I hope Al runs. Without a Nader like candidate to spoil the election, and with the current mood of the electorate, he would win easily.

Everyone who wishes that Al Gore would get into the race should read this column by Joe Conason over on salon.com today. Deeply sad, but undeniably true.