For a former candidate who doesn't appear to be running yet and isn't campaigning, Al Gore certainly is popular.
In a national poll conducted by the Washington Post and ABC of 561 Democrats and Democrat leaning independents, Gore secured a very respectable 10%. This put him in fourth place in the poll behind Clinton, Obama and Edwards.
Gore has yet to rule out another run for the White House. But with the media focusing their attention primarily on the contest between Clinton and Obama, the result for Gore in this poll is very interesting indeed.
Al Gore 10%
Hillary Clinton 41%
Barack Obama 17%
John Edwards 11%
John Kerry 8%
Joe Biden 3%