Barack Obama says he'll "consider" running for president and the national media gets the vapors. Granted, he said it on Meet the Press, which is not quite the same thing as telling a college student who asks you to run for president that you'll "give it some thought." But, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, that's what someone claimed Al Gore said yesterday:

Gore, the 2000 Democratic presidential nominee, has returned to prominence with his crusade to address global warming and climate change.

"I'm a recovering politician. I'm on about Step Nine," he joked to the audience.

As he was leaving the auditorium, however, Gore was confronted by Cindra Zugel of Mukilteo, wearing a campaign button that said, "Al Gore for President in 2008."

She told him he has a responsibility to run for president, to change U.S. energy and environmental policy. "He said, 'We'll give it some thought,' " said Zugel, who considers Gore "the only choice" for 2008.

Democrats have been devoid of a "savior" over the last few years, and suddenly they have two. Maybe they should join forces. Gore-Obama in '08, anyone? I can hear reporters and editorial boards across the country swooning over the thought.

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