Draft Al Gore in 08?

In the New Republic, Ryan Lizza writes about the possible presidential campaign by Al Gore in 2008, and what that he would be the only candidate that could surve the "post-9/11" national security issues. Lizza writes:

If he runs for president he would be the only candidate in either party who instantly passes the post-9/11 threshold on national security issues. Hillary's credible case that as first lady she engaged in diplomacy and was treated abroad like a world leader would be dwarfed by Gore's eight-year record as vice president sitting on the National Security Council.

Yeah, this would be the same eight years that al-Qaeda grew from a minor threat to a major threat and not nearly enough was done about it. I know Democrats who, after 9/11, were glad Gore wasn't in the Oval Office; his weight-gaining, beard-growing, woe-is-me depression after the 2000 defeat makes one wonder if he has the right temperment to manage a crisis. And this doesn't even mention his veer to the far left in recent years, demonizing bloggers as "digital brownshirts" and his Dean-esque "HE PLAYED ON OUR FEEEEAARRRRS!!!" screaming speeches.

At least the Democrats can say he isn't Howard Dean.