I’m sorry, I know this is breaking my “no more Al Gore posts for the day” pledge, but I didn’t anticipate the news cycle would come to a grinding halt. It’s like pulling teeth trying to find something worth posting.

(Politico) — Al Gore’s criticism of President Barack Obama’s leadership on global warming has one congressional Republican saying it might help the president improve his image among critics on the right.

“That’s got to be a plus for Obama, that a Looney Tune like Al Gore — and he is Looney Tunes on the issue of global warming — is not satisfied with that,” said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.). “I’d be surprised if Obama didn’t call him up [and say], ‘Please attack me so I’ll look more rational.’”

But while some Democrats said they’d like to more action on global warming, they said political hurdles Obama’s up against are a large part of the problem.

“That’s good for Al Gore to keep on pushing all of us on this,” said Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), adding that she hadn’t read the former vice president’s 7,000-word Rolling Stone essay.

“There’s no question the president hasn’t changed an inch on this. We also know that he doesn’t have a prayer of getting through the kind of bill we all think is necessary,” she said. “While I agree that we all want to see more, I think the president, given the realities here of people who are in denial, he is doing a lot from the executive branch.”

In Rolling Stone, Gore criticized Obama for not taking the case for action on climate change to the American people.