The Al Gore Surge | Story | MSNBC

This week the Gore surge continued with a nationwide fundraising appeal to activists and progressives on behalf of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, writing that the new House Republican majority is reminiscent of what Gore called the dark days of the presidency of George W. Bush and condemning their attacks on efforts to protect the planet from environmental dangers and climate change.

Gore's methodology is similar to that of conservatives who turned their ideas into what became a de facto integrated conglomerate of think tanks, publishing, television, fundraising, and organization.