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Gore tipped to take Nobel Peace Prize

For trying to save the world from global warming of course.

Al Gore, the former US vice-president, on Thursday overtook Barack Obama in a closely watched futures betting market on the next Democratic nominee fueled by speculation that he would pick up the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Although the Nobel committee never informs the winner in advance, online speculators drew energy from the fact that Mr Gore canceled his attendance at a global warming event in San Francisco on Thursday night, citing an unspecified overseas event on global warming.

Mr Gore also canceled his attendance as the keynote speaker at a Citicorp conference in Delhi in early December, which coincides with the Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. Mr Gore’s odds of winning the Democratic nomination for president moved up to 13 per cent on Intrade, the online betting shop, against 11.5 per cent for Mr Obama and 47 per cent for Hillary Clinton.

Mr Gore’s staff did not return calls on Thursday. However, political analysts said it was highly unlikely that he was planning a late entry into the race for the presidential nomination. They pointed out that Mr Gore has moved steadily downwards in the opinion polls since he hit a peak of 18 per cent support last June. His support level is now running at 10 per cent against 43 per cent for Mrs Clinton and 24 per cent for Mr Obama.

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The fever around an unlikely Gore entry was bolstered on Wednesday when the New York Times ran a full-page advertisement from a group describing itself as the “Draft Al Gore” group, which said it had gathered 136,000 signatures in favor of his presidential candidacy.

Heh! Run Al, Run!!!

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Posted by Jay on October 11, 2007 6:56 pm

» Filed Under Global Warming, News, Politics As Usual

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2 Responses to “Gore tipped to take Nobel Peace Prize”

  1. TexasRainmaker on October 11th, 2007 7:07 pm

    Bring back the lockbox! Bring back the lockbox!

  2. kerwin on October 12th, 2007 12:39 am

    Hitler won it and we all know the type of world peace he supported.

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