Former Vice President Al Gore failed to find support to stand for president in spite of the fact that he was selected for the Nobel Peace Prize, showed public inquiry.

Former Vice President Al Gore's new status as a Nobel Peace Prize winner is encouraging some of his political supporters in the United States to urge him to run for president next year.

Al Gore got the Nobel Peace Prize for his fight against global warming, fueling speculation. And now the former vice president wants to enter next year's presidential race.

If Hillary Clinton elected the president, she will rescind restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. She says she also would bar political appointees from altering or removing scientific conclusions from government research without a legitimate reason for doing so.

After months of what he called "testing the waters," former U.S. Senator and actor Fred Thompson finally took the plunge into the presidential race the first week of September. Some critics say he waited too long as the other eight candidates for the 2008 Republican nomination scurried across key early primary states.

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson became the latest Democrat to officially enter the crowded 2008 presidential race Monday. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone has the latest on the campaign from Washington.

Presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is to offer details Friday of her plan to rebuild "the competence of government and the confidence of the American people," saying she wants to streamline the functions of the federal government and boost its accountability to taxpayers.

Hillary Rodham Clinton pursues the precedent-setting achievement of becoming the first female candidate to win the presidency. How, then, did she also become the candidate of the Democratic Party establishment - a title historically attached to less-than-scintillating contenders like John Kerry, Al Gore and Walter Mondale?

With a stunning $25 million (EUR18.7 million) fundraising haul for his White House campaign, Democrat Barack Obama affirmed his status as Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief rival in the 2008 presidential elections.