The enGorsement, re-reconsidered

Posted by David Roberts at 12:21 PM on 07 Feb 2008

Read more about: politics | elections | presidential race 08 | Al Gore | Barack Obama

I wouldn't normally post about the latest round of Gore endorsement speculation, since nobody ever has anything new to say about it, but this comes from Steve Clemons, a D.C. insider who knows of what he speaks. He says a source close to the Clinton campaign told him that a rumor is running rampant that Gore is going to come off the fence and endorse Obama soon. Again, this is a third-hand account, worth only so much, but Clemons has credibility, so I thought I'd pass it on.

Also worth noting is the fact that Gore, as an ex-VP, is a superdelegate, and if Obama and Clinton remain neck-and-neck in delegates right through to the convention, the superdelegates will end up deciding the nomination. So sooner or later, Gore will have to reveal his preference. Why not sooner?

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Gore Endorsement

David -- thanks for the link and comments, but I want to be careful with something.

What I reported was carefully qualified. I confirmed from several sources that the rumor was running around Clinton land and that many staffers were freaked about the prospects of a Gore endorsement. I want folks to know that I have not confirmed that such an endorsement has happened or will happen -- but the rumor was real.

And I also spoke to a very senior Obama staffer who told me that they were working a number of angles to "encourage" Gore's endorsement -- but would not tell me whether a deal had been reached or not.

What interested me was that the Clinton campaign was hyperventilating about this -- and it had not been announced.

Some are thinking that I am saying an endorsement from Gore is pending -- and I just don't know that.

What I do know I wrote, and it is fully accurate.

best, Steve Clemons

by SCClemons at 2:58 PM on 07 Feb 2008

this means diddly squat

Both Massachusetts Senators Ted Kennedy and John Kerry endorsed Obama. Check out the results from Massachusetts. Kennedy and Maria Shriver campaiged for Obama in CA. Check out who won CA's primary. Endorsements are the most overrated thing since the Republican Party.

by davedenali at 10:28 AM on 08 Feb 2008

I seriously doubt it

A Gore endorsement would do worse things to Gore's rep than anything else.

I am underimpressed with Obama's green initiatives, and I am not the only greenie who is.

by AuntBeth at 2:49 PM on 08 Feb 2008

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