Yes he did and he sounded ridiculous with his sing song voice and fake Southern accent. I guess since he was in Florida he thought he had to turn on his drawl. Did you notice he's letting some of his gray hair show? The new Al -- mature, gray temples -- he's praying this incarnation will work.
You know how some people get almost there and they have this programmed-in need to fail, due to bad stuff that happened to them in early years? We know Al Gore the Senior was a major El Creepo, fashioning the chip that fell off the old block into a fearful girly-man. Maybe algorelione is fulfilling this self-defeat thing by stepping up to sacrifice himself as the democrat in '04 who gets his lunch, dinner, and next four years' breakfast eaten by The President.
Works for me.