Some of you may know that I have previously mused about how great it would be for Al Gore to be President - that it would be a strong signal that we were serious about the environment, and that we had a strong leader who could actually do something about it. Well, of course there’s no chance of that, but what about Vice President? In the following video, James Carville muses about why Al Gore would be a great VP, and I can’t disagree. Obama could give him a Energy Czar position, and with Gore in there, I have no doubt that we’d see serious action. And Gore is for the carbon tax!
Go Al Gore! I think Al as our Veep would be great. I think he would have a lot of influence this time around, and his (environmental) agenda could even be fairly independent of Obama’s primary agenda. We all know there’s enough to fix in this country without even considering the environment.
That said, if I was in Al’s position, I’d probably pass on the opportunity. Why go through all that when you’re already on top of the world, rich from your business endeavours, loved by people all over, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize? What could possibly top that… maybe getting a chance to get a real energy policy through and an opportunity to enact real change?!?!