Gore Goes to Silicon Nirvana, Supporters Go Home

Al Gore, the guru of green, announced Monday that he will be taking a partner's seat at the Menlo Park venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Gore will be responsible for identifying promising green technology startups. The firm plans to spend $600 million on financing them next year. The California grass roots group that was attempting to put Gore's name on the California ballot for President was asked by a Gore staff person to cease it's write in efforts. More than 1000 Californians had volunteered to collect signatures for the February 5th presidential primary. Money certainly talks in politics, but Gore is a multi-millionaire and hardly needs the gig. At this point in his successful life being President must seem a little too confining. At least Kleiner Perkins not an oil company.