Source: Gore thinking of entering the race in September

You never know about some of these sources.  However, it would seem logical that if Clinton and Obama over-expose themselves to early, the bubble could burst and voter fatigue would set in.  That would open the door for Al Gore to make his move.  The New York Observer's Steve Kornacki is reporting that the former Vice President is thinking of possibly entering the race early this fall:

According to one influential Democratic insider, close associates ofthe former Vice President have communicated to him and other prominentfund-raisers who are uncommitted to the other ’08 candidates that Mr.Gore will consider entering the race—if an opening presents itself—inSeptember.

If that happened, the blogosphere would go bonkers and immediately run to his side.

I find the netroots appeal to Al Gore to be rather fascinating.  It reminds me of how many baby-boomers want to re-live some of the social arguments of the 1960s, as if to set things to the way they should have been.  The same thing is happening all over again, this time with Al Gore.  Many Americans are still ashamed that Bush beat Gore, and believe that a 2008 Gore candidacy would correct some of the wrong that has transpired.  In other words, we made a bad decision in 2000.  Some of us were very naive back then.  We learned a lot together.  Now it is time for us to think very carefully and make the correct choice this time around.

Many people feel that the real 21st century has yet to begin.  What has happened policy-wise in the seven years since the turn of the century has consisted of the same disastrous formula that got us into trouble last century.  In Al Gore, people are attracted to a candidate that could help revolutionize the way we get our energy, and detach us from our dependence on many brutal Middle Eastern regimes that finance terror.  Only then will we begin a new century in policy, strategic thinking and awareness of what might face generations from now as global community.

In a nutshell, '08 primary voters yearn for a new beginning.  Whether it is Obama, Gore or Richardson that shows voters the way will be found out soon enough.  The important thing to understand is why those three candidates are resonating online, and what it says about ourselves and the kind of politics we endorse.