"Al Gore will always be a lightweight " I think not.
An unusual persepctive you have. I've heard him described as many things but lightweight has not been one of them.
The entire republican field are where the lightweights are. I truly believe this a golden opportunity for Gore to take it all given the weakness of the GOP pretenders.
If Gore is given 8 years as president he could possibly wean this nation off islamic oil and turn America into a clean energy exporter. There is absolutely no doubt he would get us moving in that direction in a big way.