So here's why Steve Jobs hasn't yet picked a presidential candidate. The Apple chief exec, who put Al Gore on the computer company's board, has been persuading the former vice president to run again: "We have dug ourselves into a 20-ft. hole, and we need somebody who knows how to build a ladder. Al's the guy. Like many others, I have tried my best to convince him. So far, no luck." [From Time Magazine's cover story on Al Gore's possible presidential bid.]

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