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Gore Rules Out Presidential Run

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 17, 2007 10:08 AM CDT

(Newser) – Nobel or not, Al Gore still isn’t running for president. “I’m involved in a different kind of campaign," Gore told Norwegian TV in an interview broadcast today. "It’s a global campaign to change the way people think about the climate crisis.” Many hoped the award would push Gore to run, but a poll yesterday showed Americans against it 54% to 47%, about the same as a poll last spring.

Though Gore has repeatedly denied presidential ambitions, he did skirt the issue in his first post-Nobel appearance Friday, saying he wanted to “get back to business” on “a planetary emergency.” But today the ex-veep emphasized the Nobel's importance in helping him deliver his climate crisis message, rather than furthering any political ambitions.

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Former Vice President Al Gore shakes hands with Palo Alto school children as his wife Tipper looks on, right, after a news conference in Palo Alto, Calif., Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Gore won the 2007 Nobel... (Associated Press)

Former Vice President Al Gore pauses during a news conference in Palo Alto, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Gore, newly named co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, said Friday that global warming is the... (Associated Press)

Former Vice President Al Gore gestures to supporters after speaking at a news conference in Palo Alto, Calif., Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Gore and U.N. Climate Change Panel was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace... (Associated Press)

In this file photo provided by Paramount Pictures Classics, Al Gore is shown in a scene from his documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." The film presents the former vice president's case about the dangers... (Associated Press)

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