The dream scenario for the Gore supporters who’ve kept the faith was that Al would pick up the Nobel, return to national acclaim and a draft Gore movement and then—like a modern day Cincinnatus—reluctantly return to public life for the good of the Republic. I’ve always been rather sceptical about this scenario. Gore still has many of the political weaknesses that so bedevilled his 2000 run for the presidency and if he gets in the race he splits the anti-Hillary vote. Also many doubt whether he has the stomach for the fight that would follow.
But it is almost certain that Gore would still like to stop Hillary. To paraphrase Princess Diana, Al Gore thinks that there were three people in the Clinton-Gore presidency, making it a bit crowded.
If Gore really wants to stop Hillary, he’ll not only endorse Obama—something that as Mark
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