Keep An Eye On:

october 12th..... this friday the nobel peace prize winner is announced and a lot of people think former vice president and democratic candidate for president, al gore, has a real chance of taking it home.

newsweek has an interesting article discussing the possibility of whether or not it could convince gore to jump into the presidential race.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21192478/site/newsweek/

think about it:

"oh, you want to bring peace to the middle east? nobel peace prize...."

"bring unity back to the united states? unity to the world.... nobel peace prize."

it's one helluva credential......

my friend salsez and i used to dream of gore entering the race.... but is it too late? has the time passed?

look at fred thompson.... his recent non-starter status would suggest september was too late. but then again....he's not exciting the republicans the way they hoped.

gore would excite.... a peace prize under his belt. his campaign to help stop global warming. and let's not count out the number of dems who think gore was screwed by the high court in 2000.

personally.... i think it's too late. sorry, al. i loves ya, i do. but i'm 100% behind hill these days and i don't need a spoiler. i think it could have a backlash effect..... many voters think it might simply be too late.

then again.... in previous years, nobody even paid attention to politics before september. so does the different animal the primary season has become in this open season change the rules?

and on that note.... i'd like to say that i don't think this type of primary race will become a familiar site. a lot of people seem to think this is the future of politics.... campaigning two years out.

remember: there is no presumptive candidate this year. no vice president that wants to run (thank allah). both sides are wide open.... it's been a looooooong time since that has happened.

it's exciting. and it's cracked the system wide open.

so don't get used to it.... but it is a lot of fun for us political junkies. lately - it's like heroin.... but i'm still able to work.

as for gore.... good luck this friday. you deserve it. but maybe pass on the presidential politics this year. i'm sure hillary will find a place for you in her administration.

as they say... it's all good.

peace.

e.