For hardcore political junkies, here's a piece on Al Gore you may like.

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It's called "The New New Gore" from the current issue of THE AMERICAN PROSPECT:

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=11299


--and it is a well-written and insightful look at the former Vice President, the once and maybe future presidential contender.

[WhiteTara]

1. thanks that was a great read

I hope that after the 06 elections, Al takes center stage. The movie should really get people hyped up on him..

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3. Hi, BNL. After I'd read the article, I was amazed at how revolutionary

Gore's idea is. I was a Bradley delegate to my state's Democratic Convention, so I've come a long way on Gore. He is sounding VERY presidential.

I'm with you on the movie -- it should get things stirring.

[WhiteTara]

8. he's definitely grown in stature in the

past 6 years, that's for sure.

[NNadir]

2. I think there are only a few possibilites to save our country left.

One of them would be for the President-elected to assume office.

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4. I believe Gore would do right by this country, which would be a

gargantuan improvement over the current inhabitant, president-select Bush.

[Samantha]

5. I know that Al Gore

I have been following him for years. Now I have hope those reading this article will see the same person I have always observed. He is a damn smart guy, and why be ashamed of it?

What a loss for our country this man is not sitting in the Oval Office.

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6. Yes. He is a damned smart guy, and godknows we could definitely

USE a smart person in that job these days. And sad to say, we definitely do not have one!

Gore could make it an extremely hard-fought campaign for Senator Clinton. In fact, I would give Al Gore the edge over Senator Clinton.

[TayTay]

7. Thanks! That was a good article

Mr. Gore is a good man and his devotion to envirnomental issues is wonderful. I wish him well.

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9. Hi, TayTay. Yes -- the environmental question. I don't know anybody

in Congress who followed that more religiously than Gore.

If he is not the next president, maybe a Democratic president can let him be Sec. of the Interior.