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To: stockman_scott who wrote (126632)	2/8/2008 1:55:59 AM
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The enGorsement, re-reconsidered Posted by David Roberts at 12:21 PM on 07 Feb 2008 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? gristmill.grist.org == *Will Gore Endorse Obama? By Steve Clemons, Huffington Post. Posted February 7, 2008. It is a rumor apparently spreading like wildfire through the Clinton campaign. Tools A well-placed spouse of a Clinton campaign insider just told me that a rumor is spreading like wild fire that Al Gore is going to endorse Barack Obama. My source emphasizes that this is rumor and may just be paranoia and hyperventilation of the campaign, but it's important to know that this rumor is out there. Another source of mine inside Obamaland has told me that they have been working very hard to secure Gore's public support and trying numerous avenues to "encourage" him. Frankly, I'm surprised that Gore would do this now -- despite his clear disaffection for the Clintons. He is the undisputed king of the climate change franchise now, but even kingdoms can be assaulted, undermined, outfoxed, circumvented, ridiculed, and starved. If Hillary Clinton wins this tight race -- which she may still do -- then Gore is gambling with his own status as a climate-change first-and-only transcendant politician. It will be interesting to see what happens, and of course if Barack Obama wins the primary and then the presidency, Al Gore will get significant credit. The problem is that that can work the other way too. alternet.org == 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 alternet.org