Despite all the hoopla about Al Gore endorsing Barack Obama the Politico reports that Gore isn’t planning on campaigning for Obama and some insiders wonder if he would be much of an asset anyway.

“[Gore] is not wholly going to abandon his profile as a Democrat but he also has his advocacy and citizen-of-the-world stature to take into account,” said a Gore confidant, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “He’s trying to weigh all of these things because he understands the importance of the White House in solving some of these climate crisis issues and there is a difference between the candidates on that issue.”

Those closest to the former vice president also suggest that he may have exhausted his interest in campaign politics, which would explain his change in direction from the 2004 general election, when he made several fiery speeches lambasting the Bush administration.

Gore regularly turns down requests to raise money for the national Democratic Party as well as for gubernatorial and congressional candidates—more indicators that he may be reticent about a return to the partisan rough-and-tumble.

Another reason for the lack of interest in campaigning for Obama is that by doing so it would leave Obama open to attack from the right about Gore’s credibility on global warming issues since it has already been proven that his Oscar winning documentary is error filled.

 

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