I have always been skeptical of the notion that Al Gore would emerge from his trophy room to broker a deal between Obama and Clinton over the nomination. However, he does still have the power to influence the outcome, as Bloomberg rightly notes: Edwards’s Endorsement of Obama Starts Clock on `Al Gore Watch’
John Edwards’s endorsement yesterday of Barack Obama leaves former Vice President Al Gore as the major Democratic figure still on the sidelines in the party’s presidential race.
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Gore, who is one of the party’s superdelegates, has indicated he won’t give his endorsement until the primary contest is finished. His spokeswoman, Kalee Kreider, said
yesterday that Gore had no further comment.
I would argue that the main significance of the Edwards’ endorsement is that it fuels the perception that Obama has won, regardless of what Clinton says or is doing. (And, of course, he is a superdelegate and his pledged delegates are now released to vote as they choose, and we would assume that they would mostly align with Obama).
Along the same lines, an endorsement by Gore would pile onto the notion that Clinton has lost and that there is no miracle that will salvage the nomination for her.
May 15th, 2024 at 10:47 am
Dr.Taylor,
No one who knows and believes in Gore could possibly think he would make any efforts to help the Clinton’s now. Nor would he – after Florida – do anything to interefere with a legal Democrat process, regardless of the ‘unpleasantness’ that may result.
Neither has anyone noticed or dared to comment on the very telling new Gore logo put just a few months ago by Gore’s climate alliance group.
Its’ a big round green circle – proportional to Obama’s circular logo – with one simple word “WE”..as in “Yes WE can…??
May 15th, 2024 at 1:43 pm
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May 15th, 2024 at 5:21 pm
Uhh…I think its the VOTERS who make the decisions by their vote, when did an endorsement take the place of the vote?
May 15th, 2024 at 5:30 pm
Sam,
I don’t think anyone was suggesting otherwise.