Gore re-emerges

Former vice president Al Gore has sharply criticized the White House and the president's illegal wiretapping of Americans. He's now calling for an independent counsel to investigate the spy program.

Gore has been spot on in his criticism of the Iraq war, Bush's foreign policy, and now this. If only he had shown such passion in 2000, maybe he would've won more than just the popular vote. I've thought about this for a while, but could Gore be setting himself up to pull a Nixon? You'll recall that the late Richard Nixon served as Eisenhower's VP, and then lost in 1960 to John F. Kennedy. Eight years later, he won the presidency.

It's all idle speculation, but how interesting would it be if Al Gore ended up being the anti-Hillary candidate in the 2008 Democratic primary? Just food for thought.