Now I know what they mean, when they say: "Live is not the timed sum of your heartbeats; it is the record of when your heart was made to stand still."

This was not funny, I called a friend at 6:30 am to share this exciting news before verifying. This damages Grist credibility in my eyes as a reliable source of information

Good one, guys. Just when I thought this race could not get any messier!

Got me. I was screaming to my husband that it is definitely time to move to Canada, as the republicans will soon have control for another long stretch of time, and I just can't take it anymore. Yikes.

thanks, I had hope there for a minute!!! then I saw the date the article was published...

ouch.  thanks a lot!

For the quick second you had me I was sad and glad at the same time!  April fools!!  After some thought I think Gore is far more influential in the role he is in now and has the power to do far more good from his current seat.  Of course if Hilary got the nomination I'd be all for a Gore/Obama ticket!!

Wow, that was a pretty good April Fools.  My breathing totally stopped for a about a minute.  Nicely done.  People who don't agree should grow a sense of humor.  I highly recommend Humanure compost for accelerating humor growth.

It took two seconds before my heart started beating again and I said "April Fools!"

Good one guys.

April Fools!

Tragic roller coaster for the brain, though.

I do not consider this story and its date humorous. I am very disappointed in Grist for its ridiculous printing and disseminating of such a serious story couched in a popular holiday. I will be pulling my Grist subscription. I did not need the headaches which the content of this story engendered. I am very disappointed. Your publication had such high integrity. I am sorry to be pulling my subscription.
-Sarah Lertzman

immersed in technicl probs with my internet connection, just got to my email

 this story bout al, with the followup on mccain and renewable nuclear energy, had me thinking bout hitting the scotch before lunch

also in my thoughts were that somebody would take al out, oh dear

good job gristies, i usually am the first to prank somebody on April fools,  but you guys got me, if only for a minute or two

I can have a sense of humor as one poster advised,but I did not think this article was the least bit funny.
 All that I could think of was that al gore was dooming the democratic party and allowing the republicans the opportunity to screw americans again.Not that the democrats won't screw us anyhow,but you know what I mean.
 If al gore would run for president as an independent he would have no support or power in the house or the senate and even less would get done then is now being done.
 Nope,not funny at all!!!

Bloomberg wouldn't take VP unless he could be an active, hands on, managing mover and shaker.

After 7 years of Alfred E. Newman as President  anyone knows we would be far better off now with Al Gore.

Before discovering it was a joke, it was kinda like those few moments you allow yourself to dream what it would be like to win the lottery.

LIGHTEN UP PEOPLE!  As soon as my coworker exclaimed "Al Gore is running for President" -- I laughed and had to remind him (even after forwarding him two Google april fools' pranks) that today was april fools day.

Excellent - keep it up.  Get rid of all the boring, stuffed-shirt folks who take themselves way too seriously.  My goodness, people!

...would be a quote from A.G. along the lines of "Ralph Nader had the right idea"...

It is really funny how I can sit all morning reading about April Fools jokes, but the second I opened my Grist e-mail my heart absolutely stopped. I sank in my chair and almost stopped breathing until a coworker heart me gasping in the other room and said "it's April fools dummy." Fool me once Grist...

Well played.

My apologies to Alfred E. Newman - he's actually smarter and more competent than the current President.

That is Grist's motto. It says it right there at the bottom. Grist readers are assumed to have a sense of humor. I don't understand how ANYONE could be upset by this April Fools joke.

This was very well done, and I'm sure you Pranksters are Merry.

Side note (no joke): Al seems to have slimmed down.

According to the Gore Girth Theory, this indicates a possible slight cooling trend in global temperature.

He also has "gotton the grey out"...not sure what climatic variables on dependent on his hair color.

Got me too.

Was considering how damaging this would be, because it would make the primaries run even longer than they already are, giving McCain a huge advantage.

If you believed this for even a second, you haven't been listening to anything Gore has said in months.

Not funny   -    Some of our softer headed Americans shall now be

confused enough to have our current criminal, or/via  his

accomplice,  in office   ......            ......

                            AGAIN  !   Yes   AGAIN  !

This is not something to joke about when we have murderers occupying our White House for the past 7 yrs.  Not cool, Grist!!!

This was a good one. As a Canadian, I think that would be an awesome ticket - Gore & Bloomberg. It was just too good to be true!

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature, Grist. I want to unsubscribe to this e-magazine.  I'll consider you thoughtless people again--possibly.  Now go and get that man to run for President, for real.

My heart started racing thinking "could this really be true?"  I would have to vote for Gore instead of Barack Obama.  But, alas, I forgot it was April 1--April Fools Day.  And You almost (90%) got me.

Thankfully, I can still vote for Obama.  Phew!!

This is hilarious!  I can't believe people are actually offended by this, but I guess every holiday needs a grinch. Anyway, kudos on the clever ruse.  

I truly hope that someday this announcement of Gore's candidacy becomes true, if not this year, then during a future Presidential race.  I voted for Gore in 2000, and I would be happy to be able to vote for him again.

No joke.  I just read a piece in a major news magazine about how that could happen, given a split convention, and Hillary and Obama basically killing each other off.  It would be an act of desperation, though.

How sad, I had hope for a second and then saw the date.

This strikes me as very irresponsible and immature, if you expect to be a serious voice for the environment, which I thought you WERE.  You can't possibly expect the public to show you much credibility after that.  Some things you can joke about, SOME THINGS YOU CANNOT!  You crossed the line and you lost my respect.  Minerva Stephenson, South Carolina  

I emailed your Gore news to everyone, I was downright giddy all day!  Then, I looked for the news on CNN.  I watched the 6pm news. By 9pm I realized I had been had.  April 1st, how could I have not realized my leg was being pulled. (I loaned the other one to the ex-Mrs. Paul McCartney, she wants $250 million to give it back.)

I have a sense of humor, somewhere or other; it has been buried under 7 years of Bush/Cheney abuse. When I find it, I will beat you senseless with it.  While laughing hysterically, of course.