Aw: Al Gore says he was happy to have Rick Perry's support

“I remember Rick Perry from that campaign. He was one of a number of Democratic legislators who endorsed my candidacy in 1988 and I was happy to have his support,” Gore told USA TODAY. “I don’t know what has happened to him since then.”…

“People are free to change their minds in politics. I’ll let the voters judge, and make their own interpretation of his explanation for his extreme shift in views,” Gore said about Perry.