As Google stock keeps dropping, just remember — the shareholders letting it fall are keeping Gore out of the White House, according to NewsMax.com.

Gore "owns a ton of Google and he's made enough money that he could wait until a month before and just drop $50 million in to launch a [2008] race," a well-placed Democrat told Deborah Orin of the New York Post.

"He's got way more than enough money to buy this thing at any point in the process."

So — ignoring the tech-friendly statesman's insistence that he's not running — a surge for Google is a surge for Gore, and each trade is like a vote. It's like free speech for rich people.

Gore Can 'Buy' 2008 Election [NewsMax.com]

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