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Hillary’s Hint?

By Scott Shepard | Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 01:48 PM

After her wonkish speech on energy policy at the National Press Club this morning, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton declined - as expected - to address a question about whether she intended to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.

But during her speech, she appeared to take an oh-so-slight shot at a possible rival for that nomination, her husband’s running mate, former Vice President Al Gore. One the one hand, she praised Gore and his movie, “An Inconvenient Truth,” which premieres Friday as part of Gore’s efforts to warn Americans about the catastrophic consequences of global warming. On the other hand, she hinted that it will take more than a Cassandra to solve American’s energy problems.

“Now, thanks to former Vice President Al Gore, who has been a committeed visionary on global warming for more than two decades, everyone can see those consequences for themselves at a local movie theater,” Clinton said. “But this is not a time, I would argue, for handwringing or despair, despite the formidable challenges we confront. We can fix these problems together by changing to a clean energy future fueled by innovation and efficiency.”

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