Gore in the News

August 13, 2007

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Today's talk . . .

Slow days for Gore-specific news items, so here's a few related stories.

http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_6580215
Democrats can't afford to ignore the center
Nearly seven years after Bush succeeded Clinton in the White House, America is facing challenges as great as we have ever seen: a war against Islamists who would destroy our way of life, global economic competition that demands we raise our game and a quest for energy independence and efficiency that Al Gore has shown us could make or break our planet. To conquer such enduring problems, Democrats will need a broad, enduring majority - and a centrist agenda that sustains it by making steady progress.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20070809...nation/45221423
It's beginning to look a lot like caucuses
The schedule shift (to an earlier date) will also reduce the opening for a late-starting campaign by former Vice President Al Gore or Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/books/...5668034,00.html
NYTimes Best Seller Top 10
Assault on Reason remains in top 10, non-fiction

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/2...ared-democrats/
Clinton a drag? Dems fear her negative ratings
What the Clinton campaign doesn't say is that her edge over potential Republican candidates is much smaller than it should be, given the wide lead the Democratic Party holds over the GOP in generic polling.

http://www.greenbiz.com/news/columns_third.cfm?NewsID=35607
In defense of carbon offsets
Step back a little from the debate about offsets, and you have to be impressed by how fast they have moved from obscurity to the front pages. If they get people to think about climate change, and take a first, small step in the right direction, well, they could turn out to be a gateway to more meaningful change.

http://greenoptions.com/2007/08/08/newswee...warming_deniers
Newsweek takes on global warming deniers
It's hard to believe (particularly for the GO family) that there are still people who deny that climate change is happening and caused by humans. With the influx of pro-green exposure in the media, many greens saw this past year as the tipping point in awareness and activism on global warming. Yet, "deniers" still exist, and Newsweek's cover story (complete with tongue-in-cheek headline) aims to track the foundations of the denial movement, the major players behind it, and the motivations behind the well-coordinated effort to keep the American public doubting that global warming is real.