Gore supporters pray for Nobel victory

All eyes will be on the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo, when early tomorrow morning we will find out whether Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize.  If the former vice president does receive the honor, it is speculated that he will consider running for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The Draft Gore movement, which released a full-page ad yesterday in the New York Times, is engaging in a full-court press to push Gore to run.  As of early Thursday morning, 153,239 people have signed the Draft Gore petition.  The group even unveiled a web ad encouraging Gore to throw his name into the hat:

What would this do to the Democratic race?  It would stop Hillary Clinton's momentum -- at least that part is for sure.  How Obama would be affected remains to be seen.  It certainly would push Edwards out of the limelight -- unfortunate for the former North Carolina Senator, because he is falling further out of the top-tier each day.  With Gore in the race, Edwards would lose a significant amount of media time.  As for Dodd, Richardson and Biden, they probably would not continue.

Comments

[Cayobo]

I support Gore, but I don't "pray" to any god.

I just hope he steps up an rightfully claims what was his since the year 2000.

Rather than "pray", I'll vote for him again and hope it actually counts this time.

[Chief Editor: Todd]

And Congress has failed thus far in terms of overhauling out voting systems.