As far as I know, it was the first time the two men have spent much time together since the 2000 election and Inauguration Day in 2001.
But former Vice President Al Gore, as one of the 2007 Nobel Prize winners for his work on global warming, came to the White House today for a photo and some presidential conversation.
Gore spent 40 minutes meeting with George W. Bush in the Oval Office. Neither Bush nor his aides would comment on the meeting, and all Gore will say is that the discussion was entirely about global warming.
When Gore was announced as a Nobel Prize winner, there was talk almost immediately about how it gave a boost to Gore's prospects for winning next year's Democratic presidential nomination. But that was nearly two months ago and Gore has made no efforts, as far as I can see, to make another run for the White House.
I think it would be unwise, at this point, for Gore to jump into the race. If he is the focus of a genuine draft movement that arises as the result of a hopelessly deadlocked Democratic campaign, that's another matter. But, at the moment, the Democrats don't face that kind of deadlock.
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Gore has lost three presidential bids so far. If he lost a fourth time, he would be branded as a bigger perennial loser that he already is.
I know that Gore ran in 1988 but lost the nomination to Dukakis. And he ran again in 2000, but lost the general election to Bush, thanks to a narrow vote in the Supreme Court. When was the third campaign?
1992, I believe. He had to settle for VP then.
I was WRONG! He didn't run for president in 92. Thanks for catching my error.
Even so, it still would be unwise to launch a presidential bid now, with the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary looming in about a month.
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