Gore: I'm no 'Boss Tweed'

If Democrats were looking to Al Gore to be the white knight to settle the bitter nomination fight, they should probably find someone else.

Gore, viewed by some as one of the few party leaders who could nudge Hillary Clinton to withdraw or to broker some kind of compromise between Clinton and Barack Obama, said on "60 Minutes" said he's not interested in being any kind of "Boss Tweed" figure.

"I'm trying to stay out of it," he said in the interview, broadcast Sunday night. "I'm not applying for the job of broker."

The former vice president and nominee in 2000 also shrugged off speculation that if the nomination battle tightens further and goes to the convention in late August, he could emerge as a compromise candidate. "I doubt very seriously that I'll ever be a candidate again," said Gore, who was philosophical about his political fortunes and new life as Nobel Prize-winning advocate against global warming.