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Al Gore will discuss the climate crisis and the 2008 Presidential campaign on CBS's "60 Minutes" this Sunday, March 30th at 7 pm ET/PT.

In November of 2007, AlGore.org suspended its active campaign to get Al Gore to be a candidate iin the 2008 race for the White House. At that time, we informed all of our organizers that we were going into a dormant mode. Publicly, we remain dormant, but we are carefully watching the race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. As of this writing, Obama is ahead in delegates, but both candidates continue to split the available delegates in such a way that neither may have enough to be nominated on the first ballot at the convention in August. The next (and last) major state as far as delegates go is Pennsylvania. Depending on what happens there in April, we may decide that it's time to swing into action again.

If Clinton and Obama continue to do damage to each other's campaigns, if they continue to split the delegates, if it appears that the Democratic Party will be divided rather than united going into the convention, it may become evident that the party needs someone who can unite the Democrats, and most importantly, someone who can beat John McCain in November. To our way of thinking, the obvious someone is Al Gore.

We're not the only ones entertaining this notion. There continue to be many articles written about Gore as the unity or compromise candidate. Here are a few of the more recent ones:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/al-de-gore_b_90064.html
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03062008/news/columnists/only_gore_can_stop_...
http://www.newsweek.com/id/119851
http://www.southernledger.com/blogs/stevegill/?m=200803
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marvin-kitman/al-gore-for-president_b_9033...

While everyone understands that there are major obstacles standing between Al Gore and the nomination, there are various scenarios that, while long shots, could come to pass. We remain realistic about the situation, but we also feel that if there's any chance at all that we can somehow make our dream a reality, we need to try, but anything we would do would have to be ethical, reasonable, and realistic, and at this point, the options for us are few.

So we watch, and we wait. We'll keep you posted . . .

On Monday December 10th, Al Gore will join Dr. Pachauri of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to accept the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. You can view the entire ceremony live via webcast at www.nobelprize.org.

The ceremony begins at 1:00 PM Oslo Time, which is 7:00 AM Eastern Time/4:00 AM Pacific Time.

Below is the latest email from Al Gore and The Alliance For Climate Protection:

Dear Friend,

P.S.After signing the petition, please urge your friends and family to sign the petition and join the movement. http://climateprotect.org/standwithal

A new Zogby International “blind bio” poll commissioned by AlGore.org shows that former Vice President Al Gore is strongly favored over the current Democratic frontrunners by likely Democratic voters nationwide – particularly among liberal Democrats. The poll also shows a strong undercurrent of discontent with the current candidate's positions on issues like the Iraq War and the climate crisis.

When voters were given brief biographical descriptions of the top three Democratic candidates – New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards – along with the biography of Gore, the former Vice President won 35% support, while Clinton won 24%, Obama won 22% and Edwards trailed with 10% support. Gore’s bio was the top choice of both men (39%) and women (31%), and also most favored by younger voters. Self-described liberal Democrats strongly favored Gore’s bio (43%) over Clinton (21%), Edwards (17%) and Obama (12%). The bio selections of moderate Democrats closely mirrors the choices of likely Democratic voters overall, with 36% giving the greatest preference to Gore’s bio.

Despite not being included as a candidate in the latest DFA (Democracy for America) poll, Al Gore has taken first place over all the declared candidates. DFA provided a space for a write-in vote, allowing people to cast their vote for Al Gore.

Here are the current standings:

Candidate %
Al Gore 32.21%
John Edwards 22.09%
Dennis Kucinich 16.93%
Barack Obama 13.93%
Hillary Clinton 5.85%

You can vote in the poll and review the results here (one vote only per e-mail address): http://democracyforamerica.com/pulsepoll. You don't need to be a member of DFA to vote in the poll. Just write in Gore's name, in all three boxes if you like, and submit your vote.

Al Gore on The Issues: While speculation about a possible Al Gore 2008 run continues, he has uploaded three short videos on Current.com giving his views on three of the major issues of the day. Vice President Gore discusses health care in "Health care is a right", civil rights and the excesses of the Executive Branch in "Americans deserve more protection" and the Iraq war in "Get the troops home".

Al Gore's statement on winning the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize:

I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This award is even more meaningful because I have the honor of sharing it with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- the world's pre-eminent scientific body devoted to improving our understanding of the climate crisis -- a group whose members have worked tirelessly and selflessly for many years. We face a true planetary emergency. The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.

My wife, Tipper, and I will donate 100 percent of the proceeds of the award to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a bipartisan non-profit organization that is devoted to changing public opinion in the U.S. and around the world about the urgency of solving the climate crisis.

Breaking - - The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore for "their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."
According to the official press release from The Norwegian Nobel Committee: "Al Gore has for a long time been one of the world's leading environmentalist politicians. He became aware at an early stage of the climatic challenges the world is facing. His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change. He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted.
By awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC and Al Gore, the Norwegian Nobel Committee is seeking to contribute to a sharper focus on the processes and decisions that appear to be necessary to protect the world’s future climate, and thereby to reduce the threat to the security of mankind. Action is necessary now, before climate change moves beyond man’s control."
Congratulations, Mr. Vice President!