He's tan, rested and ready! Plus, he's got a ready-made campaign slogan: "Win It Again, Al!"
That's a powerful combination that could launch former Vice President Al Gore into the White House.
There's panic in River City these days as Democrats watch a dispirited Hillary Clinton go through the motions of running a Presidential campaign.
Hillary's listless backers watch as Bernie Sanders packs `em in with enthusiastic supporters in both blue and red states, while the former First Lady's "listening tours" are nothing more than tepid tea times attended by manageable crowds watched by a screened-off press.
Her events beg the question: Why is Hillary running for office—other than it was expected of her? Potential voters know more about Hillary's email mess than where she stands on the issues. Her waffling and dodging on key issues, such as the Keystone XL Pipeline, doesn't help.
Undoubtedly, Clinton 2016 has the financial backing and nationwide organization that it takes to win a nomination. What it lacks is heart and fire in the belly.
Hillary's lousy campaign has Democratic rivals smelling blood in the water. The Gore for President trial balloon is powered by those winds of dissatisfaction with Clinton.
Gore though has a tough decision to make. Does he want to mimic Bobby Kennedy's jump into the Democratic race only after Gene McCarthy's lefty anti-war campaign gained traction against sitting President Lyndon Johnson in 1968?
Bobby jumped into the race only after McCarthy "won" the New Hampshire primary with a very respectable 42 percent of the vote. Kennedy jumped in and LBJ jumped out.
Bobby and Gene battled it out in the primaries with Kennedy taking the California and South Dakota contests on June 5, and then being assassinated that night in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Gore sees the success of Sanders insurgent campaign. Bernie, for the first time, topped Clinton in a poll of New Hampshire voters by a hefty seven points. Does Gore want to steal the spotlight from Sanders to set up the ultimate revenge race of Bush vs. Gore—Round II?
News that Gore may run has this blogger getting ready to jump off the Sanders bandwagon. But if Uncle Joe decides to throw his hat into the ring—see you later, Al.
The Democratic upheaval on the top has the party returning to its raucous roots.
It was unsettling to watch the Donald Trump-fortified Republicans have all the fun in the presidential campaign.
The spectacle of Bernie, Hillary, Joe and Al battling it out for the Democratic nomination is just what the party needs to fire up voters.
The ridiculously high prices Americans are paying at the supermarket might influence how—or if—they vote in November.
At a moment in history when there are so many conflicts among peoples here and abroad, let us put our differences aside and celebrate this wonderful season in a spirit of togetherness.
The news announcing the death of Henry Kissinger, the last of the prevaricating politicians and so-called statesmen who stole my future and that of thousands of other young Americans, got me thinking about Walter Cronkite.
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