Obama: I'd Hire Gore for Cabinet Level Position to Address Global Warming....

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Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday he talks regularly with former vice president Al Gore and would consider putting him in a Cabinet-level position or higher.

A woman at a town hall asked the Illinois senator if elected president would he consider tapping the former vice president for his Cabinet, or an even higher level office, to address global warming.

"I would," Obama said. "Not only will I, but I will make a commitment that Al Gore will be at the table and play a central part in us figuring out how we solve this problem. He's somebody I talk to on a regular basis. I'm already consulting with him in terms of these issues, but climate change is real. It is something we have to deal with now, not 10 years from now, not 20 years from now."

The only position higher than a Cabinet post is vice president. While Obama seemed to dangle that possibility in his answer Wednesday, he has repeatedly said it is far too early to discuss potential vice presidents because the nomination has not been won.

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[Elric66]

"I'm already consulting with him in terms of these issues, but climate change is real. It is something we have to deal with now, not 10 years from now, not 20 years from now.""

Juan McVain agrees

[yonsaon]

THAT'S A 2-FER

1. Achieve racial balance (he can be their token whitie)
2. Won't run afoul of not hiring the handicapped

And, in an asside, why is it that Gore looks (to me, anyway) like he was seperated from Pfleger at birth?
link=http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/images/2007/05/30/pfleger1.jpg