Coming Endorsement?
I hope this article is legit. I've heard somethnig similar from Andrew Sullivan's website as well. Here is another reason we should really be motivated to get out the vote for Obama on Tuesday. This according to the American Spectator:
GORE'S THINKING
Former Vice President Al Gore has asked his staff to begin laying out plans for an endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama if he performs well in the Super Tuesday primaries. "[Gore] doesn't see the utility of endorsing Obama until the endorsement would actually mean something and give Gore an opportunity to be the kingmaker," says a former aide with knowledge of Gore's thinking.
Gore is also being pressed by Clinton loyalists not to endorse anyone in the primary phase of the campaign but rather to serve as the one man who can "heal" the rift between Obama and Clinton loyalists leading on the convention in Colorado in August.
"Gore is beyond politics now, and to endorse would lower him to Clinton or Obama's level, I think," says another former adviser. "But he could take a real leadership role in the party if he wanted to, bridging the divide that we're beginning to see in the party. Bill Clinton can't do it. Really, only Gore can."
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There is no definition on what doing "well" means. Surviving? Tie in Delegates? Ahead in Delegates.
If Obama came out of Tuesday with a couple of upsets (i.e.,one or two of either NJ, CT, MA, or CA) and stays within striking distance in the delegate count. I think that would be defined as a huge win. A few major endorsements would add greatly to his momentum and the states immediately following Super Tuesday favor Obama!
Let's not rest now! Let's get out the vote for Obama!