Activists Launch Write-In Campaign For Gore

The Draft Gore group wants Al Gore to become the next president for one reason.

Organizer Farrell Seiler says the country needs a leader who will make global warming more than just another issue.

"They'll talk about Iraq, they'll talk about health care, they'll talk about jobs - nothing wrong with those issues, but we want candidates to look at global warming as the central organizing theme of their campaign."

Seiler says there's a core group of supporters who plan to spend the next three weeks compiling voter lists, phone banking and sign waving.

He doesn't expect to win, but Seiler says he's hoping for a respectable third or fourth place finish.

Last fall Gore told reporters he doesn't have plans to be a candidate again.

For NHPR News, I'm Dan Gorenstein.