I understand the temptation of Gore but doesn't that undermine the whole "break from the past" scenario Obama has carefully built up? How will he argue that Hillary shouldn't be VP (No, I DON'T want her) because she represents the past if he has a VP so directly linked to the very same past? Won't that piss her supporters off a helluva lot?

Wexler for VP - Read his book

I've been thinking about this ticket a lot. Gore could continue doing what he's doing and still be veep. Unless you are a Cheney like veep, the job doesn't require massive amounts of time. Of course I guess this would piss off the Clinton supporters even more. Andrea Mitchell says there is no love lost between Gore and Hillary Clinton.

Can you imagine what other countries would think if we produced a dream ticket like that? I doubt it's going to happen but it sure is a magical thought.

well, that is great. gore has turned into a true statesman and inspiring figure. one of my fav democrats...

but

seeing gore and obama on stage together really underlined the need for obama to discuss his economic vision for the country and the world. both gore and obama have been directly tied to some of the policies that have proved so disastrous to our country and the world. it is time for obama to spell out his thoughts on the (so called)"free" market, on regulation vs. deregulation, on privatization, on unions, on corporate tax giveaways, etc.

senator obama, please come out strong against market fundamentalist policies, against the idea that the market is the same as democracy. please let the country and the world know that the BIGGEST change you could make--that has cursed the world ever since reagan (including clinton)--is a move away from corporatist policies

Gore as VP? Oh Hell yeah, I would go with that.

I think Cheney would also be a good choice for Obama VP. It would be historic bipartisan ticket, plus the boost of all that Cheney experience to back up a relatively inexperienced younger pol. And the country would save the moving costs of having Dick and Lynne demobilize from the VP residence. Just like Gore, we could let Obama turn over the energy policy of the country with a guy with a lot of experience and ideas about energy policy.

I am going with Obama/Cheney!

As much as it breaks my heart, I don't think Al Gore will run for office again. Do agree about some role within the Department of Energy.

Oh well, this way Mr. Gore can keep making cameos on FUTURAMA.

But ya know, we should be so lucky.

Gore would be better as energy secretary. I would love to see him walk into a room full of Bush-Cheney crony oil executives, and lay down the law! Imagine how much Texas barbecue would suddenly be released into their shorts when the new sheriff gave em' their marching orders.

Why does it seem that Gore is the only Democratic statesman with the sack enough to call the Bush administration to the carpet for their crimes? I realize the debates are forthcoming, but every criminal act, every scandal, every flagrant constitutional violation, every end run around judicial process and checks & balance, every blatant attempt at consolidating one party rule and every tax cut for the top 1% is just waiting for the Dems to aggressively pounce on to bury this Republican nightmare and NONE OF THEM DO IT.

I like the message of change & hope that Obama brings, but for God's sake hit these bastards where they're weakest - which after 8 years shouldn't be too hard. Only Gore has marginally stepped up to do so thus far. Now is not the time for timidity with these son's of bitches.

MedfordTim @ 2:

I understand the temptation of Gore but doesn't that undermine the whole "break from the past" scenario Obama has carefully built up? How will he argue that Hillary shouldn't be VP (No, I DON'T want her) because she represents the past if he has a VP so directly linked to the very same past? Won't that piss her supporters off a helluva lot?

Wexler for VP - Read his book

Agreed about Wexler!

This morning on morning joe, they kept playing the part of Gore's speech where he said even our cats and dogs know it's important to vote. But they failed to play the part he said right before that, that made the part about cats and dogs make sense. He had just talked about the tainted pet food from China and that's why he said even our cats and dogs know it's important to vote. Joe made a snide comment that the part about cats and dogs was jumping the shark for Gore.

liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 9:

I dunno....Gore is the man...and I would love to see him as veep...but I ain't sure he wants to get back into politics. He's gettin more done now than when he was in office.
Just my two cents...

I tend to agreed. I think he might be happy with some Energy Dept role though.

I can't imagine what mike@10 has been smoking/drinking/cranking to even contemplate Cheney as anything other that a fat man in a orange suit.

CD @ 27:

Maybe its just me but i couldn't really care any less - Gore is a good guy and all but his endorsement at this point means nothing. Obama has cinched the nomination - the only things i want to hear now is how he would model his administration, who the VP and secretaries might be, who the guy will be surrounding himself with for his first years in office to see where his policies might be headed. A couple endorsements from big names at this point are moot and just distract from the issues and how Barack really is going to deal with them.

Gore didn't have to endorse him at all. The fact that he did is good for everyone but McCain.

MedfordTim @ 19:

Samson- @ 6:

senator obama, please come out strong against market fundamentalist policies, against the idea that the market is the same as democracy. please let the country and the world know that the BIGGEST change you could make--that has cursed the world ever since reagan (including clinton)--is a move away from corporatist policies

If this is what you expect, you are in for a shock. I am going to vote for Obama, with more enthusiasm for a candidate than I've had in about 30 years, but I am a realist. He is NOT surrounding himself with people who would suggest the things you (and I) would in this area. If you want to know what pokicies he is likely to follow, find out what the DLC wants. And then shudder. But please, for your own peace of mind, DO NOT expect Obama to drastically alter our economic structure.

HTH

no... i don't expect that at all...

futile, i know. the real change-agents would never have made it thru the corporate-led DLC rings of fire.

An OG ticket? I think that would work.

Mike @ 10:

I think Cheney would also be a good choice for Obama VP. It would be historic bipartisan ticket, plus the boost of all that Cheney experience to back up a relatively inexperienced younger pol. And the country would save the moving costs of having Dick and Lynne demobilize from the VP residence. Just like Gore, we could let Obama turn over the energy policy of the country with a guy with a lot of experience and ideas about energy policy.

Satire I hope. (I need more coffee!)

I am going with Obama/Cheney!

So what am I supposed to do get all excited now or something?

fastfeat @ 24:

liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 9:

I dunno....Gore is the man...and I would love to see him as veep...but I ain't sure he wants to get back into politics. He's gettin more done now than when he was in office.
Just my two cents...

I tend to agreed. I think he might be happy with some Energy Dept role though.

Yeah, would be about the best use of Gore's mad skills.

L.A. Confidential @ 36:

So what am I supposed to do get all excited now or something?

Well...yeah...beats being a wet blanket all the time.

L.A. Confidential @ 36:

So what am I supposed to do get all excited now or something?

Nope, you can just keep on moping about.

Hussein Bookworm @ 34:

Mike @ 10:

I think Cheney would also be a good choice for Obama VP. It would be historic bipartisan ticket, plus the boost of all that Cheney experience to back up a relatively inexperienced younger pol. And the country would save the moving costs of having Dick and Lynne demobilize from the VP residence. Just like Gore, we could let Obama turn over the energy policy of the country with a guy with a lot of experience and ideas about energy policy.

Satire I hope. (I need more coffee!)

I am going with Obama/Cheney!

This HAS to be satire...as it's just too damn funny not to be!
Cheney as veep for Obama! HA! That's heeeelarious!

Rollo Tomassi @ 18:

Why does it seem that Gore is the only Democratic statesman with the sack enough to call the Bush administration to the carpet for their crimes? I realize the debates are forthcoming, but every criminal act, every scandal, every flagrant constitutional violation, every end run around judicial process and checks & balance, every blatant attempt at consolidating one party rule and every tax cut for the top 1% is just waiting for the Dems to aggressively pounce on to bury this Republican nightmare and NONE OF THEM DO IT.

I like the message of change & hope that Obama brings, but for God's sake hit these bastards where they're weakest - which after 8 years shouldn't be too hard. Only Gore has marginally stepped up to do so thus far. Now is not the time for timidity with these son's of bitches.

Perfectly stated! Unlike the crap that comes out of most democrats.

I go insane listening to the pathetic dems. Isn't it amazing that the repkues can sell a pack of lies dressed up in dog shit, yet the democrats can't win with every issue on their side? I totally destroy every wingnut I know within 2 minutes, yet these dem assholes are paid million dollar salaries, and they have all of the debating skill of a ..............well, dem asshole.

Can't we get some better democrats that can (and will) smack these repuke retards up-side the head?

How about questions along the lines of something like this: "tell us Mr. McConnell how looting the PUBLIC treasury to give tax breaks, 88% of which will go to people who are already millionaires, tell us how that helps 95% of Americans? Especially when many of them lose their jobs due to privitization or other republican crony related scams that these tax cuts invariably end up supporting.

And doesn't mean home prices will plummet even more when those middle class workers are eliminated. And isn't it true that privitizatiion in most cases saves NO money, or costs even more for lousy services rendered? Except now, all the taxpayer money goes to some rich Cheney type CEO-republican crony, instead of supporting hundreds of middle class workers. So tell us, how is this good for the 95% of America that isn't part of the Bush family crime syndicate?

pissed off patricia @ 22:

This morning on morning joe, they kept playing the part of Gore's speech where he said even our cats and dogs know it's important to vote. But they failed to play the part he said right before that, that made the part about cats and dogs make sense. He had just talked about the tainted pet food from China and that's why he said even our cats and dogs know it's important to vote. Joe made a snide comment that the part about cats and dogs was jumping the shark for Gore.

Morning Joe always makes snide remarks. It's people like him that take a statement and spin, spin, spin. Take it with a grain of salt.

xoites defends Constitution @ 47:

L.A. Confidential @ 43:

xoites defends Constitution @ 41:

L.A. Confidential @ 36:

If you get real excited would you spare us the details?

Oh I'm not worried Big Al will promise us a steady supply of pizza pockets and juicy-juice boxes that Americans resort to because they have no time between two jobs and family-chauffeur duties to actually cook.

Obviously i have lost my decoder book.

A "hints-tips and clues" for dummies" book hasn't been written yet so your out of luck.

I'm guessing Mike @10 WAS satire.

I'll admit I got punked. But hey, I'm stuck in Tennessee for another day or two--brain ain't workin' correctly...

rain @ 48:

Morning Joe always makes snide remarks. It's people like him that take a statement and spin, spin, spin. Take it with a grain of salt.

Turn off the TV would be a better move.

Where is the news here? As if Gore wasn't going to endorse the Democratic nominee. The speech was already written, only the name had to be inserted. The VP stuff is all just cable news filler. This isn't going to change anyone's mind one way or another.

bateman @ 55:

What is it with MSNBC?

MSNBC is completing the shift into becoming a Propaganda Unit.

Dr. (terrorist fist jab) Matt @ 1:

Obama/Gore, 2008!!

Frist.

Most def for all the good reasons, and the side-effect is that would drive the rightwing crazy...crazier, that is.

MedfordTim @ 2:

I understand the temptation of Gore but doesn't that undermine the whole "break from the past" scenario Obama has carefully built up? How will he argue that Hillary shouldn't be VP (No, I DON'T want her) because she represents the past if he has a VP so directly linked to the very same past? Won't that piss her supporters off a helluva lot?

Wexler for VP - Read his book

Gore represented the Clinton administration when he was running, which was how W got into the Whitehouse in the first place. I think Al Gore would make a great VP, but I have a feeling he will instead become a cabinet member.

Duncan @ 53:

"The biggest problem we face in this country, one that touches every critical aspect of public policy, is the energy crisis..."

Actually, there's a bigger problem than that, much bigger. And it's global, not just something the US has to worry about. Solve it, and all the other crises solve themselves. But don't expect any politician (outside of China) to ever breath a word about it: overpopulation.

ABSOLUTELY!!

Funny, when the environmental movement began in earnest in this country in the early '70s, overpopulation was much less a taboo subject than it seems to be today.

bateman @ 55:

pissed off patricia @ 22:

This morning on morning joe, they kept playing the part of Gore's speech where he said even our cats and dogs know it's important to vote. But they failed to play the part he said right before that, that made the part about cats and dogs make sense. He had just talked about the tainted pet food from China and that's why he said even our cats and dogs know it's important to vote. Joe made a snide comment that the part about cats and dogs was jumping the shark for Gore.

What is it with MSNBC? I feel like Olbermann's on the right side of the issues and I love when he bitch-slaps Billo, but this Joe Scarborough ass is just too annoying. And Willie Giest has the audacity to call his commentary the spirit of the times with "zeitgeist?" Then those two smarmy pricks rip on Mika every chance they get and she just kind of takes it. I'd say MSNBC has jumped the shark with "Morning Joe." Ever notice how Scarborough is the model for Tom Tomorrow's conservative talking head?

I don't cut Mika any slack either. The show is almost foxed up. This morning if you weren't looking at the faces, and only listening, you would have thought you were listening to fox and friends. As soon as Washington Journal comes on c-span, I leave Joe and friends in the dust.

Why is this news?

Who the heck else was The Goracle supposed to endorse?

rain @ 48:

pissed off patricia @ 22:

This morning on morning joe, they kept playing the part of Gore's speech where he said even our cats and dogs know it's important to vote. But they failed to play the part he said right before that, that made the part about cats and dogs make sense. He had just talked about the tainted pet food from China and that's why he said even our cats and dogs know it's important to vote. Joe made a snide comment that the part about cats and dogs was jumping the shark for Gore.

Morning Joe always makes snide remarks. It's people like him that take a statement and spin, spin, spin. Take it with a grain of salt.

I confess, I watch that right wing strap on. Virtually every time Assistant murderer Joe speaks, I get pissed. Time to time though, Joe has a good contrary guest who will challenge his bullshit.

Oh Al....we hardly 'new ya'. Seems a little late given there's no one else left.

henry wallace @ 72:

Oh Al....we hardly 'new ya'. Seems a little late given there's no one else left.

Look at it this way, Obama got the nomination even without Gore's help.

Samson- @ 6:

seeing gore and obama on stage together really underlined the need for obama to discuss his economic vision for the country and the world. both gore and obama have been directly tied to some of the policies that have proved so disastrous to our country and the world. it is time for obama to spell out his thoughts on the (so called)"free" market, on regulation vs. deregulation, on privatization, on unions, on corporate tax giveaways, etc.

senator obama, please come out strong against market fundamentalist policies, against the idea that the market is the same as democracy. please let the country and the world know that the BIGGEST change you could make--that has cursed the world ever since reagan (including clinton)--is a move away from corporatist policies

The problem is that Obama is not the saviour that many believe he will be. He has been annointed by the DLC because he will tow the party line. He and Gore dance a good dance. But at the end of the day the corporatists will still be pulling the strings, we will still be in Iraq and Afghanistan, oil will stil be our primary energy source and the super rich will still be getting the tax breaks. The environment doesn't mean shit to a single parent making 12 bucks/ hr. If they bring the standard of living up for the bottom 50%, then those people will start to pay attention to Gore's environmental views.

You know, Gore taking the VP might be good for him, considering what his focus on environmental issues. He'd be in a position of greater influence, yet have more time than he would as President to continue his own line of work.

Oh well,

There goes Obama's chances not that he just received the "kiss of death" endorsement.

I just finished listening to Gore's speech endorsing Obama. Wow. I could live until I'm 100 and I will NEVER understand why the 2000 election was even close....forget the fraud, it should have been a landslide. The amount of people with blood on their hands these past eight years is beyond belief..... I'm so glad I'm not one of them.

dennis @ 68:

Why is this news?

Who the heck else was The Goracle supposed to endorse?

Exactly what I thought. I think its going to be a rough day when I'm agreeing with Dennis at 8 o'clock in the morning. :)

Figaro @ 77:

Carville (aka Mr. Irrelevant) is pushing Gore for VP? Great, just what Obama needs on his ticket,
a former candidate who lost. Besides, I wouldn't trust anyone who lived under the same roof with Dragon Lady.

Knowing America's passion for military men, Wesley Clarke would be the best bet, IMO.

Who is the dragon lady? Tipper?

I think Gore has increased in stature a great deal since 2000. I think he's almost the only candidate who can unite the Clinton party-loyalists and the more progressive leaning Obama fans. I know he watched as NAFTA went through, but protectionism isn't the answer either. The problem is that NAFTA isn't perfect. And free-trade under the Cheney administration isn't the same thing as free-trade under Clinton.

I think Obama/Gore is great. I'd also support Obama/Clark, Obama/Conyers, Obama/Wexler, Obama/Richardson, Obama/Sebalius, Obama/Kucinich, and Obama/a dead squirrel.

Big Lil @ 81:

Oh well,

There goes Obama's chances not that he just received the "kiss of death" endorsement.

Yeah...because you say so. I'll give you credit troll, at least you're trying to be subtle.

douglas in oklahoma @ 86:

pissed off patricia @ 74:

henry wallace @ 72:

Oh Al....we hardly 'new ya'. Seems a little late given there's no one else left.

Look at it this way, Obama got the nomination even without Gore's help.

Or look at it this way, Gore did not help, Florida and Michigan did not help --- BUT THE DNC sure as shit did --- long live Axelrod. Hope the DNC likes living in Chicago now, afterall Chicago politics has no bad traditions like D.C. and welcome to the obama church of unity -- I get all warm and fuzzy inside just thinking 'bout it.

Can anyone interpret this for me?

It looks like Douglas is trying to sew discord regarding MI/FL primaries, Chicago politics (Rezko?), Obama's church (?), and the DNC machinery (do you mean DLC?).

Taken together, this is some pretty comprehensive trolling, but it really plays on emotion - not a coherent thought in the whole thing. Are we supposed to be concerned that Obama will throw in with Al Capone and impose a black nationalist theology while disenfranchising voters?

Tim Russert said it (Obama/Gore) first after the last primary.

both parties bought and paid for, .... a change isn'ta coming.

Left&Left @ 94:

andy @ 93:

both parties bought and paid for, .... a change isn'ta coming.

Give it a chance, you might be proved wrong. What you have to lose?

I believe it's been proved already. The Dems are going to fund this war a full year after Georgie leaves. Yeah right, vote for change.

Carville opened his mouth and didn't irritate me for once. The last time I recall such an unusual occurrence was when he pissed that chump Novak off. That was amusing.

Bud @ 95:

Left&Left @ 94:

andy @ 93:

both parties bought and paid for, .... a change isn'ta coming.

Give it a chance, you might be proved wrong. What you have to lose?

I believe it's been proved already. The Dems are going to fund this war a full year after Georgie leaves. Yeah right, vote for change.

Still better than 100 years.

Old Billy Hussein @ 85:

dennis @ 68:

Why is this news?

Who the heck else was The Goracle supposed to endorse?

Exactly what I thought. I think its going to be a rough day when I'm agreeing with Dennis at 8 o'clock in the morning. :)

Breaking News: Unconfirmed, but reportedly Bob Dole considering endorsement of John McCain.

Bud @ 95:

Left&Left @ 94:

andy @ 93:

both parties bought and paid for, .... a change isn'ta coming.

Give it a chance, you might be proved wrong. What you have to lose?

I believe it's been proved already. The Dems are going to fund this war a full year after Georgie leaves. Yeah right, vote for change.

I don't think anyone here thinks that the change is going to be immediate, or easy. Unscrewing a light bulb is a very simple thing. Extracting ourselves from a screwup of this magnitude is going to take time.

Left&Left @ 94:

andy @ 93:

both parties bought and paid for, .... a change isn'ta coming.

Give it a chance, you might be proved wrong. What you have to lose?

The democrats had there chance to prove they were for change when they got elected in 2006, what did they do ? nothing, in fact more troops got sent into the meat grinder and Pelowsi actually gave Bush carte blanche to hit Iran by stripping a bill of the need to get congress approval, why did she do this ?.... because aipac and the Israeli leadership told her to.

People need to get out of this left right paradigm, they're both horrible parties full of murderous scum, just as many Iraqis died during clintons administration as they have under Bush, these people work for special interests, NOT the american people, every last one of them.

I like this website , but the problem is, most of you think the answer to all the problems are the democrats, it's like two different sets of supporters of football teams, they have you locked in the false left right paradigm.

I like Olbermann, but again, his problem is he thinks Obama is the great savour, and he isn't, i think his appearance at aipac has proven that.

Does anyone know if Gore is open to the VP spot? Or any other spot in Obama's administration?

Left&Left @ 106:

Dennis@101 Breaking news: Unconfirmed, but reportedly Bob Dole considering endorsement of John McCain.
You call this shit news Dennis? One crazy old viagra addict supporting another... so fucking what. I

Sarcasm, FarLeft².

And when you have a windbag like Goracle saying crap like this "If you care about food safety, if you like a T on your BLT, you know that elections matter.", I don't think you should be knocking Dole and McCain for being crazy or old. Gore's just another in the long list of people trying to portray Obama as a miracle worker Messiah who will solve all our problems.

A good speech by Gore. He covered his core causes, but connected them with Obama's campaign nicely, and hit all the key notes. His "elections matter" bit is one the Dems should keep hitting.

Left&Left @ 112:

Andy@107 Dude where have you been the last eight years as Lazy ass President never worked a day in his life divided the nation(like a football game) and determined that half of us didn't count? "Liberals" like you who ignore the initial creators/perpetrators of this shit hole we're in and blame the victims while they try and fight back, with your phony, high minded bullshit, add nothing but confusion.

They're all criminals, end of argument.

Gore would be an interesting pic, not to mention REALLY tick off our current President that Gore is WAAAAYYYYY more respected than Bush ever will be.

I agree wholeheartedly with James Carville! Obama/Gore 08!!!

I thought the vice presidency was a method of silencing a potential rival.

An Oil based economy is doomed...

An Apollo Program for renewable/sustainable energy is the next great achievement for our country...

We need to win the New Energy race, like we did the space race...

We're already behind, as we were in the former....but we can pass China, blow by them and never look back, as long as we're willing to accept the inevitable and use the collective will of this country to achieve its full potential and greatness.

Its always been the key, energy. The geopolitical energy end game of the neocons & their right wingnut noise machine (snake oil salesmen in wizard hats barking nonsensical soundbytes to the lowest common denominator) must end, though they'll speculate & sit on all those leases (no drilling on the land they already have - up 300% since 2001 under Bush ---yet these idiots claim 'we must drill in ANWR) until a Democratic president is sworn in late in January 09.... They'll ride the wave of windfall profits as long as it will take them and the military industrial cabal will keep the boogeyman and instability in business as long as it gets them theirs....

The price of crude will fall in half, the moment president Obama states: "Its time for a new apollo program for renewable/sustainable energy"....

If the U.S. was on the Euro, a gallon of gas would cost a little over $2...as it is our devalued dollar (thanks Bushonomics/Reaganomics) will buy a barrel of crude for $150 within the next few weeks....do you think Cheney & Bush are crying, do you think their Big Oil Party (GOP) is crying that their meal ticket is shattering world record profit barriers every new quarter?

Bottom line, even the most ardent Denier/'Skeptic'/Extinctionist idiot out there must understand that finite resources are no way to run an economy, Peak Oil is here (Royal Dutch Shell Chairman & CEO says as much) and even if the Iraqi, Arctic, Brazilian 'Finds' pan out...it will take 10-30 years to realize any gains for the consumer, meanwhile delaying the inevitable will have cost us a biosphere....

Those of you who still call yourself a 'skeptic'...you're a denier/extinctionist, plain and simple...you can hide behind your uninformed/unfounded 'economic' concerns (every country, world city, and state in U.S. that has funded sustainable/renewable enterprises has experienced major boons to their economies) and you're not only going against 2300 scientists who have dedicated their life to studying the climate of the earth, you're going against Fortune 500 CEOs & multinational corps that have already placed their bets, the Pentagon, the White House (finally after 7 years of BS), the worldwide insurance industry, the UN, 50 of the largest hunting/nature organizations in the U.S., and far too many other world instutitions...you're also going against common sense. Armed with your Big Oil propaganda & Big Coal talking points, its you and Old Energy against the rest of the World....good luck with that.

If only Joe Lieberman would endorse Obama. Now there would be some strength.

Fuck James Carville. I don't know why people care what that scumbag has to say.

Have to agree with Samson - Carville and his ilk are scum. The mere mention of his name makes me wanna hurl. If you haven't watched "Our Brand is Crisis" , you probably should - it's quite shocking to see how callous, soulless and manipulative GCS are. On the plus side, it's genuinely inspiring to see the citizens of Bolivia fighting back with the rise to power of Evo Morales.

http://www.amazon.com/Our-Brand-Crisis-Carlos-Mesa/dp/B000GDIBSO/ref=pd_...

I've wanted Al Gore to take his place as president for years, but have come to believe that he is more valuable to the entire planet in his efforts toward climate change. That's not to say that he shouldn't be considered after Obama has completed his two terms in office. For a guy that the repubs have attempted to label as 'wooden', he certainly gave an emotionally charged speech! Great to see him again and I hope we will see more speeches from him in the near future.

Agree with 122 Democratic Party Unity (aka right wing hater) - energy is the key to the future. We need to focus on developing away from dependence on fossil fuels and the repubs won't even look in that direction.

dennis @ 100:

Breaking News: Unconfirmed, but reportedly Bob Dole considering endorsement of John McCain.

Haha! Brilliant!

I don't believe Al Gore would be interested in the position . . . been there/done that attitude and still a bit bitter about the ending of his attempt at the Presidency . . . I might add understandably! He's doing great work for this country on his own and can continue to support Obama.