What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson: Big Al has gone Hollywood, never to return this way? Maybe now that the hoopla has died, Al can set his OscarTM on the mantle, bask in validation and think about the plight of his party and his nation. The two front runners with the Democratic label cannot carry the nation. The presidential debate has already degenerated into personalities and the election is more than eighteen months away. The Senate is in deadlock because our party only has an unreliable majority of one. Al has done an award winning job educating the public about global warming. But he refuses, so far, to head the many voices that want him to assume the mantle of national leadership. The nation needs a real leader, not a salesman, to address the nation's and the world's critical problems.
Perhaps the fraudulent defeat of 2000 was enough to cure Al from his dependency on politics. He often introduced himself as a "recovering politician" before his stunning lecture on warming. We have plenty of politicians and entertainers, Al. What is in very short supply is statesmen. You won the peoples confidence before. Please rerun that film.