Al Gore

Race Isn't the Reason for Obama's Slide

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

McCain's inch ahead of Obama has little to do with race. It has everything to do with a candidate who can't decide whether he's Change Obama or Conservative Obama.

Reversing Churchill's Blunder

Carl Pope | Posted 08.20.2008 | Green


Carl Pope

It's getting hard to follow the proposals for a clean energy future without a scorecard, so here's my summary of the big ideas I've heard brought to the table.

Al Gore To Address Share Spotlight With Barack Obama At Invesco Field Rally

Washington Post | Shalaigh Murray | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


Al Gore will have a prime speaking slot at the Democratic convention, sharing the bill with Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday night, Democratic sources sa...

Why "Radio Silence" Can be a Good Thing in VP Selection

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

Be thankful for radio silence I guess when other candidates for VP like Daschle and Bayh are getting phone calls saying, "Sorry....but we look forward to working with you in many other ways in the coming years."

Obama/Gore 2008

Norman MacAfee | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics


Norman MacAfee

Broken record here. The more I think about it, the more Al Gore seems the only really interesting choice for Barack Obama's vice presidential choice. ...

No More Liebermans: Obama Should Pick a Progressive for Veep

Kathryn Kolbert | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics


Kathryn Kolbert

Lieberman arrived on the national stage as the running mate of Gore, whose campaign stressed support of the people over the powerful. We can't afford to have another VP who would undermine the progressive movement from within.

We Need to Switch

Cathy Zoi | Posted 08.14.2008 | Green


Cathy Zoi

America's three great national challenges -- our economy, national security and climate change -- can all be addressed by switching to clean energy.

"D-Carbon" Brings Solar to the Coalfields

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green


Josh Dorner

Carbon County, in a poetic turn, is now set to host the second largest solar facility in the nation.

The Double Sputnik of 2008: An End to Illusions

James Pinkerton | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics


James Pinkerton

The world might be moving away from communism, but it is not moving toward freedom -- and certainly not carbon reduction.

Embracing the Challenge to Repower America

Cathy Zoi | Posted 08.11.2008 | Green


Cathy Zoi

Meeting this challenge will deliver the affordability, stability and confidence our economy needs, as well as a healthy environment, while generating millions of jobs that can't be outsourced.

Pitching Climate Protection to Consumers

Andrew Winston | Posted 08.10.2008 | Green


Andrew Winston

The big trio of societal forces - government, business, and consumers - all need to change to tackle something as large and thorny as climate change. No segment can do it alone.

How To Turn Any Setback Into A Triumph

Men's Health | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living


Success in fields ranging from soccer to bass playing comes just as much from perseverance (which is largely about rebounding after taking hits) as ...

Go Team! 5 Ways The Democrats Can Lose The Un-Loseable Election

Tony Sachs | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics


Tony Sachs

The odds may be against us, but with a little luck and a lot of good old-fashioned stupidity, we can get to the promised land of failure once again.

John McCain Doesn't Know What Bad Press Looks Like

Eric Boehlert | Posted 08.06.2008 | Media


Eric Boehlert

When McCain gets regularly portrayed in the press as a serial liar the way Al Gore was in 2000, then he can complain about getting bad press.

And It's Got To Be... Gen. Wesley Clark

Judah Freed | Posted 08.04.2008 | Home


Judah Freed

I want the Democrats to win the White House and to make the next Supreme Court appointments and that's why Obama has got to put Gen. Wesley Clark in the second spot on the ticket.

Gore's Energy Goal Considered "Possible" Says Climate Expert

Reuters | Jasmin Melvin | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green


The head of a group founded by Al Gore told lawmakers on Thursday that the former vice president's goal of generating all U.S. electricity from clean,...

Coming from NYT on Sunday: T. Boone Pickens Hits Bush, Says Obama Has Run 'Hell of a Campaign'

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

Pickens says President Bush's offshore drilling push is "not going to fix our problem. I don't call that a plan. You've got to cut imports."

Our Forlorn Energy Secretary Sam Bodman Takes On Tom Friedman

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.31.2008 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

Bodman's letter criticizing Friedman gives a frightening picture of this administration and the Department of Energy's priorities.

Not Yet to the Tipping Point on Renewable Energy

Brian Keane | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green


Brian Keane

Everyone knows clean and renewable energy is good for the environment, good for public health and good for national security, but beyond that, most folks simply don't think the stuff works.

Doing Less With Less

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

What is less well recognized is that in response to the economy, Americans are doing a number of things less as they strive to manage the heck out of a challenging situation.

A Freight Train Full of Dollars

Matthew Stein | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green


Matthew Stein

At the current price, a whopping $1.5 billion gets sent out of our country each and every day to keep America "well oiled."

Netroots Nation 2008: Caucus Refugee

Katie Halper | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Katie Halper

Watch me desperately search for my caucus, for my voice, for my representation. Why are the Netroots excluding me? Why are they so hateful towards me and my people?

President Obama's Cabinet

Robbie Gennet | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Robbie Gennet

Many people are talking about what VP choices await Barack Obama, but let's look one step further to Obama's Cabinet and whom he would put in charge of different areas of our country.

Taking Al Gore's Challenge: A 10-Point Plan to Repower America

Debbie Cook | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green


Debbie Cook

If we fail to adapt intelligently to the post-CO2 era, the next few decades will see even higher energy costs -- leaving us with a ruined environment and a shattered economy, unable to face a future without fossil fuels.

Obama's Politics of Change: Afghanistan & Gore's Transformative Vision

Chuck Spinney | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Chuck Spinney

Almost 7 years after 9/11, bin Laden remains at large, the Taliban are growing stronger, and Afghanistan is sinking into a deepening quagmire that's spilling over into nuclear-armed Pakistan.


 

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