Reply #14: I tend to agree with you. Al Gore, once he announces (if he does),

[Nay]

will be able to build a warchest and a following that will dwarf any other. How?

1. If his movie gets an Oscar and he gets the Nobel Peace Prize, his standing is so vastly improved that he approaches superstar status.

2. There are a lot of people who see now that Gore in 2000 would have meant that we would not have been in the mess we are now mired in, and feel like they want to "cleanse" themselves of their wrong votes in 2000 by voting for Gore this time. Psychologically, this may be a very powerful force in Gore's favor.

3. The whole "he invented the internet" "brown suit" "Love Story" shit is now stale and seems pretty weird in retrospect, so maybe it won't have the power is seemed to have in 2000.

I can only hope.