Al Gore

Jason Linkins

Al Gore: Obama Election 'Redeems The Revolutionary Promise Of Our Declaration Of Independence'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics


Coming on this Sunday's edition of CNN's Fareed Zakaria: GPS, Former Vice President Al Gore shares his feelings on the election of Barack Obama with Z...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Masterstroke, Mousetrap, Or Both?

William Bradley | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics


William Bradley

Potential Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Is it a masterstroke by President-elect Obama? A mousetrap for the Clintons? Is it even happening at all?

Sam Stein

Gore To Campaign With Jim Martin In Georgia Runoff

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics


Former Vice President Al Gore will campaign on behalf of Democrat Senate challenger Jim Martin this weekend, officials close to the race confirm to th...

Obama: Choose Bill Richardson, Lee Hamilton, Dick Lugar, Al Gore or Chuck Hagel -- but not Hillary Clinton -- as your Secretary of State

Robert Guttman | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics


Robert Guttman

Why get involved with the Clintons when there are much better choices to be considered? Shouldn't the new president-elect be forming his own team of Obama loyalists?

Media Pundits, Stop Talking About the Same Thing: Do Something Useful and Plot to Castrate the Electoral College

Michael Russnow | Posted 11.16.2008 | Media


Michael Russnow

Amazingly, with all the frenetic emotion of the 2000 election nothing was done -- to abolish our outmoded and increasingly stupid Electoral College.

Net Neutrality on Deck

Timothy Karr | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media


Timothy Karr

There has been a sea change in Washington as the wonks, tech pundits and lobbyists align themselves with new leadership and the likelihood that Net Neutrality could become law soon.

Report from Last Week's World Economic Forum

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


Peter A. Ubel

The economic crisis has provided further evidence of just how small our planet is, how interconnected we all are.

Why Most Transportation Should Be Public and How That Could Help Private Enterprise

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.13.2008 | Green


Stephen C. Rose

We presently allow our public rights of way to be filled with private automobiles. This pattern is being emulated globally. Public rights of way should belong to the public.

Gore Rejects "Climate Czar" Post

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


The Washington Times reports: President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is flirting with creating a White House "Climate Czar," but climate cha...

Obama's Win and the Ten Lies The Right Is Spreading About It

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics


Michael Giltz

Obama only won by six points in the popular vote, they say. Shouldn't it have been much bigger? Sure he won, but it's not like Obama got a rousing endorsement.

The Latest Hoopla: The Obama Cabinet Flowchart

Dan Sweeney | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics


Dan Sweeney

US News and World Report broke this yesterday, and since then I've received the pdf file indirectly and independently in e-mails from two people who w...

The Right Way To Bailout The Auto Industry

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 11.12.2008 | Business


Jonathan Tasini

Up to 3 million jobs -- directly in the industry and secondary jobs that rely on the auto industry's output -- would be effected by a collapse of the industry. That can't happen.

Al Gore's Current TV Laying Off 60

CNET | Posted 11.12.2008 | Media


There have been layoffs at Current Media, the cable network co-founded by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. A statement from Current put the number...

McCain's Choice: Dukakis or Gore?

David Weiner | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics


David Weiner

In the end, Barack Obama's win may have handed John McCain the keys he needed, if not necessarily wanted.

Bush Meets Clinton As President-Elect (FLASHBACK, SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


President-Elect Obama's meeting with President Bush, a meeting of two men with very different ideologies, recalls a time almost eight years ago when t...

Praise for McCain, Yes, But Let's Not Forget Al Gore

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

But what strikes me when I hear praise for McCain is the deafening sound of silence when we consider Al Gore's amazing concession in 2000.

Al Gore: "The Climate For Change"

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


In a New York Times op-ed, former Vice President Al Gore looks at Barack Obama's win through the lens of climate change, and offers a five-point plan ...

With Thanks To Those Who Brought Us Here

Rick Siegel | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics


Rick Siegel

Thanks to President-elect Obama not just for leading this nonviolent coup of everyday Americans overthrowing a military industrial junta, but for recognizing that the work has just begun.

No Counting Chickens Yet

Odile Weissenborn | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home


Odile Weissenborn

I met up recently with Ed Fancher, who published the Village Voice for 20. The Voice was very progressive during his tenure, so I assumed Fancher was another typical New Yorker for Obama. Think again.

Obama and the Jews -- The Smear Campaign That Didn't Work

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics


Marcia G. Yerman

Sources close to the Obama campaign told me that they have seen a "marked shift in the past month or so" from Jews who had questions about Obama. Those concerns have now been resolved.

Indecisions 2000 and 2004: Final Days Remembered

John Wihbey | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


John Wihbey

Whatever happened to the bad old days of October surprises? The last lap of campaign '08 has seen its share of twists, but perhaps the biggest surprise of all is that no big shoe has dropped.

Boola-Boola for the Electoral College

David Margolick | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics


David Margolick

Speaking up for the Electoral College is a bit like defending the English system of measurements. Like inches and gallons, electoral votes are supposedly one of those unjustifiable, boneheaded legacies.

A Model for the Nation

Carl Pope | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics


Carl Pope

State College, PA and Seattle -- I was at Penn State during Barack Obama's 30 minute campaign video (it's sleazy and dishonest to call it an "infomerc...

BOO!! Two Spine-Tingling Tales Of Terror

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

[Today's Hallowe'en column is in two ghastly parts -- one frightful, fingernail-chewing tale for each side of the corpse-ridden and zombified politica...

Al Gore Asks Voters To Think About The Environment At The Polls (VIDEO)

PowerVote | Posted 10.31.2008 | Green


Former Vice President Al Gore sat down on a live webstream with PowerVote.org, a group encouraging voters to go to the polls with energy and the envir...