This Washington Post article describes Gore's renaissance as the Jimmy Carter of vice-presidents and failed presidential candidates. Certainly, no one would have thought seven years ago that Al Gore would become the most respected elder statesman of the Democratic party. In what the Post article describes as his "slide-show," the article talks about Gore's documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth" and the roadshow that returned Gore to national prominence. It also ponders whether the renewed interest in Gore has to do with the man's reignited passion for the environment or a change in the national "zeitgeist" with respect to global warming.
And of course, the most impressive perk about Gore's come-back is that he is now on a first name basis with Ludacris. (So, does he call him Cris or Luda?).
Read it here.
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