A Nobel laureate's influence over '08

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He won the Nobel Prize for peace, and the talk began anew: Maybe Al Gore will run for president again after all.

Indeed, the will-he-or-won't-he mystery remains an interesting one. But taking it a step further: What sort of influence might Gore and his peace prize have over the race for '08 if, say, he doesn't run for president? And how much thought is he putting into his impact on the race as a non-candidate?

We put those questions to AP Online Political Editor Ron Fournier, a veteran of inside-the-beltway political reporting who wrote the AP's latest news analysis looking at whether Gore is likely to run.

  Listen to this audio clip to hear Fournier's answer.

-- Eric Carvin