Al Gore is returning to center stage with a big ad campaign on the threat of global warming. The Washington Post blog “The Fix”, referring to Gore as “the Goreacle”, has written a pretty entertaining entry on the Gore return.

After months and months of lying low in the political sphere, former Vice President Al Gore is back with a vengeance — launching a new campaign focused on climate change and appearing on “60 Minutes” last night to promote his group.

Gore’s reemergence on the political scene comes not a moment too soon in the eyes of The Fix — an unabashed analyzer of the Goreacle and his on again, off again relationship with the political world.

And the endless speculation over what role, if any, Gore would play in the protracted Democratic nomination process, is just to juicy for any media source to pass up. From the Fix, homing in on the Gore exchange with Lesley Stahl on 60 Minutes.

“And what about the idea of an honest broker who goes to the two candidates and helps push one or the other of them off to the side?” asked Lesley Stahl.

“Yeah, kind of a modern Boss Tweed,” Gore said.

“Except his name would be Al Gore,” Stahl replied.

“Well, I’m not applying for the job of broker,” Gore retorted.

Those comments are a fascinating window into the mind of the Goreacle worth analyzing closely. Gore seems extremely skeptical of the idea of stepping in to the role of party boss in the race — telling either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama to step aside.

The Fix speculates that Gore, in making this huge p.r. push on global warming, has entered a phase where partisan politics is behind him.

Gore’s latest gambit — a massive, multimillion effort to convince politicians of the need for action on climate change — is a perfect example of his post-partisan approach to politics. The entire theme of the “We” campaign is the need to move beyond politics in order to solve a pressing crisis.

A pretty convincing analysis from The Fix, but the last question asked by Chris Cillizza, author of The Fix, is this.

Gore has clearly moved on. But can the Fix?

The fascination with Gore will continue, regardless of his stated antipathy to a political return. I have posted Gore’s new ad.

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