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White House by Way of Oslo?

Nobel sparks new round of speculation that Gore will take to the campaign trail

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 12, 2007 12:34 PM CDT

(Newser) – Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize will increase calls for the Oscar winner to run for president. The Politico says the laureate’s likely to stay out of the race—after this, a political campaign would be an awful downer, the Washington Post notes—but not until he’s drawn out speculation first. And the most prestigious award in the world will make Gore's endorsement, which was deeply discounted in 2004, much more valuable.

Expect all the Democratic candidates to fawn; Hillary Clinton ran a “CONGRATULATIONS!” banner on her campaign homepage, and pundits envision the ex-first lady making the ex-veep an environmental ambassador if he's not, indeed, a competitor. But the Draft Gore folks won't give up without a fight: "Under these circumstances," their site said today, "he has no choice but to take the one step left to have the greatest impact in changing policy on global warming—run for president."

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The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Ole Danbolt Mjos, in Oslo, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007, holds up a portrait of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore who shares the the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007... (Associated Press)

File picture dated March 13th 2007 of Al Gore, right, former vice president of the United States, with Norwegian foreign minister Jonas Gahr Store when they attended a seminar on environmental threats... (Associated Press)

Al Gore, former US Vice-President, addresses a plenary session during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in a Jan. 30, 2005 file photo. Former U.S. Vice President Al... (Associated Press)

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