This Friday in a 7,000 word Rolling Stone essay, Al Gore will make that case that the president has "failed to stand up for 'bold action' on global warming and has made little progress on the problem ...

With Barack Obama ahead of John McCain in recent national polls, some observers wonder if he could meet the same fate as Al Gore, who won the popular vote in 2000 but lost the presidency to George W.

Today's topic include Al Gore's post-Oscar boomlet; Giuliani on the rise; Hillary, Obama and African Americans; Mitt Romney's flip-flops; McCain/Obama and wasted lives; and Cheney's Afghan bomb scare.