Oscars to launch Gore’s 2008 presidential campaign?
Oh, how I wish this one to be true. CNN is speculating that if Al Gore were going to run for president in 2008, the Oscars would be the best time to announce. You can’t really deny that logic; the Oscars are watched by, what, a billion people? It really is the optimal place to announce a candidacy (or perhaps the Super Bowl …). Al Gore is the odds-on favorite to win best documentary for An Inconvenient Truth, so he presumably will be having some time at the podium.
Unfortunately, all of the signs I’ve seen point to Al Gore not running for president in 2008 (and I have some Democratic insider sources). If he really does announce this Sunday it will come as a surprise to everyone. I do think he’ll be making political statements regarding the topic of his movie, global warming, but I really don’t foresee political statements of a candidacy nature. I’d love to be wrong on this though.
February 24th, 2007 at 16:35
As a Republican-leaning independent who made a fair amount of FX bucks on the Foresight Exchange in “No” tickets in the Gore04 claim, but who finds the current situation much more unpredictable, allow me to say that I would also be pleased as peaches if Al Gore were the 2008 Democratic candidate for president. ;)
February 27th, 2007 at 00:55
In any case, I am quite pleased that An Inconvenient Truth and “I Need to Wake Up” both won.
February 27th, 2007 at 08:44
I think those Dreamgirls songs shot themselves in the collective foot by having three of them nominated, thus splitting up the votes. If only one of them were nominated, I think it would’ve won.
February 27th, 2007 at 23:43
I’m sure the songs feel chagrined at getting themselves nominated hehe…
To be honest, I was rather surprised that “I Need to Wake Up” won (I was expecting An Inconvenient Truth to win). I mean, I thought the song was awesome, but it faced strong competition. But you’re right; I bet the division helped it.
February 27th, 2007 at 23:46
Huh? An Inconvenient Truth wasn’t the name of any nominated song. I guess you meant to say the name of one of Dreamgirls’ songs. I was surprised it won too. I really think it was the nature of the divided competition that let it win.