Is this really a "scoop"?

Chris Matthews reports that Al Gore will NOT be running for president in 2008, just as he did NOT run in 2004. Tomorrow's big scoop from Matthews will likely be an update on Francisco Franco's continuing death.

Here is the reason for the scoop:

I've been given this scoop from a perfect source who informed me that the purpose of this disclosure at this time is to end speculation about a campaign that will never occur.

Where has this speculation been so heated that it required this leak by the Gore team? My guess is within the elite media cocoon and nowhere else.