Woo and Hoo!
Al Gore has won the Nobel Peace Prize (sharing it with the IPCC). This is excellent for two reasons: one, the further affirmation and momentum it gives to the importance of fighting global climate change; and two, the fact that the wingnuts are probably gnawing their own faces off this morning, both because it's Gore and because it's global
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Perhaps, although I could see him being given a fair amount of leeway to advocate, even if President Whoever didn't do what he said. Actually, it might be useful for a president to have a guy like him making recommendations they didn't intend to follow; it'd give them some cover to take smaller steps and look reasonable. I don't know enough about how he and Hillary interact to know if they'd have any interest in working together.
I like Edwards too, and I'd love him to get a high-profile endorsement like that, but if Gore's not gonna get in it himself, it might be better for him to just stay out of it, at the least until there's a nominee. Plus, he was Hillary's husband's Veep; even if he prefers Edwards, I'm not sure he'd want to alienate the Clinton's by endorsing someone else... especially if Hillary did go on to become President. (Oddly, I think they'd forgive the self-interest of running himself more easily than the perceived disloyalty of endorsing someone else.)
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