CNN Says That Al Gore May Declare Prez Bid On Oscar Night

Newsbusters:

It seems campy to say, “Only in Hollywood,” but CNN suggested Friday that Al Gore might announce his candidacy for president at the Academy Awards on Sunday.

During the 4PM EST installment of “The Situation Room,” Bill Schneider perfectly set up the ideal liberal fantasy (somewhat similar video available here):

It's Academy Awards night. Best documentary feature is up. And the Oscar is favored to go to "An Inconvenient Truth," starring Al Gore… Lawrence Bender and the film's other producers come up to accept the Oscar with Gore. The audience roars its approval. This is liberal Hollywood. Gore speaks.

The video then cut to Martin Kaplan, who is the director of the Norman Lear Center:

There is even some speculation that he would use his Oscar as the occasion to announce that he is running. Imagine that, a billion people worldwide. Take that, Jay Leno, as an announcement venue.

Schneider then asked: “Could an Oscar start the momentum for a draft-Gore movement?”

I've said it before and I'll say it again, never say never when it comes to Gore. And yes, if he did declare a run for High Chief, he'd easily be the pick to win it all, not just because of who he is, but because of the sorry sleu of candidates that we have now.