Gore Invigorates Democrats for Klobuchar

Few people can invigorate Democrats and former vice president Al Gore is one of them.

He was the rainmaker Thursday afternoon for Democratic Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar at a University of Minnesota rally, a day after new MPR and Pioneer Press poll showed her down to 10 points lead over her Republican opponent.

Along with Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Gore, who’s become a worldwide champion in the fight against global warming, touted Klobuchar for running a positive campaign at this stage of the race. He said he’s quite surprised with that.

“She’s one of the most outstanding candidates in the country,