As Al Gore pointed out in a powerful speech he gave last year (read it here), the BushCheney push for imperial power is much more dangerous and far-reaching than other presidential excesses for a couple of big reasons. First, the Bushites make no pretension that they want these powers only temporarily, instead contending that a super-powerful presidency is necessary to cope with a terrorist threat that they say will last "for the rest of our lives." Second, they are not merely pushing executive supremacy as a response to an outside threat, but as an ideological, right-wing theory of what they allege the Constitution actually meant to say.

Called the "unitary executive theory," this perverse, antidemocratic construct begs us to believe that the president has inherent executive powers that cannot be reviewed, questioned, or altered by the other branches. Bush himself has asserted that his executive power "must be unilateral and unchecked." Must? Extremist theorists aside, this effectively establishes an executive with arbitrary power over us. It creates the anti-America.

I have a link of Al Gore's entire speech on video.  

http://www.acslaw.org/node/2096

And here we sit, aproaching almost 2 years since this speech was given.

The Constitution is being trampled and nothing less than American democracy itself is endangered -- a presidential coup is taking place. Where is Congress?

History indeed seems to keep repeating itself.  Now over 5 years, September 2002, since Mr. Gore gave that speech-not only opposing, but giving reasons, disasterous scenarios and end results of attacking Iraq.

Our Congress is complicit in these actions.  When will they start performing their responsibilities?

In a rare recording of a private question/answer of Mr. Gore at a presentation in Denver on October 2,
http://current.com/items/85491991_al_gor e_s_speech_oct_2_2007

Just in case you missed the news, Mr. Gore released 3 short videos of his policy and opinion on 3 very important issues we face.  You can view them here.

http://current.com/people/algore

We need leadership with not just experience, record and vision, but the willingness to speak truth and lead on what is right, even when they are standing alone.

http://americaforgore.org/

and, you too can voice your support by voting in Democracy for America's online Presidential Pulse Poll.  Al Gore's name is not listed, because he is not a current candidate (we are hoping that will change soon) , but you can mark "other" and write in Al Gore.

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/Pulse Poll

or, plain text, here:

http://democracyforamerica.com/pulsepoll ?s=1

Al Gore:  "I am asking YOU, to participate with me in becoming part of the new movement to rekindle the true spirit of America."