I do not know for sure if he's looking or flirting. But, I have an opinion - Gore remains a headliner and can raise money and rally the base. (But) it's hard for Gore to rule out running again before looking at the landscape.
And I do encourage everybody who wishes to run, to run, and of course in the end if Al Gore chooses to run, he will have a tremendous opportunity to build a coalition and win in 2004.