Gore: Global warming, not 2008 race, is his campaign

Former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday that he is concentrating on combating global warming, again indicating that he is unlikely to make a run for the White House.

{mosads}Gore hopes to bring together 2 billion people through his “Live Earth” concert series this weekend to raise awareness and funds for his anti-warming initiative.

“That’s the campaign that I’m focusing my time and attention on,” Gore told MSNBC when asked about poll results that show him as a competitive Democratic candidate. “And it feels to me like it is the right thing to do.”

In national polls, Gore has attracted significant support. In one recent survey of New Hampshire voters, the former vice president was ahead of Democratic frontrunner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.).

However, Gore has consistently denied that he is seeking the presidency in 2008. On MSNBC he again highlighted the urgency of his current mission.

“We may have as little as 10 years, according to the brightest scientists in the world, in which to make major changes to solve this crisis,” he said.