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Albert
Arnold Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, teacher,
businessman, and environmentalist who was the 45th Vice President of the United
States in the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001. Previously, he
had served in the United States House of Representatives (1977-85) and the
United States Senate (1985-93) for Tennessee. Gore was the Democratic nominee
for President in the 2000 election. He won a plurality of the popular vote, with
over half a million more votes than the
Republican candidate George W. Bush, but was defeated in the Electoral College
by a vote of 271 to 266.
Gore currently is president of the American television channel Current TV,
chairman of Generation Investment Management, a director on the board of Apple
Inc., and an unofficial adviser to Google's senior management. He lectures
widely on the topic of global warming, which he calls "the climate crisis". Gore has contracted to write a new book, The Assault on Reason, to be published
May 22, 2007. While Gore has stated that he does not intend to be a Presidential
candidate again, he has left open the possibility being a candidate in the
future, and Gore is frequently mentioned as a potential candidate for the 2008
Democratic presidential nomination.
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