Endorsements that aren't happening today

I think we can safely say that Bill Richardson has decided to sit this one out.  He would have leaked that he was meeting up with Barack today, or he would have endorsed Hillary yesterday when she was in the area.

John Edwards is also sitting this out, maybe to "step aside" and maybe because he hopes either of them will give him something.  Despite some reaching out by both Obama and Clinton early on, neither campaign was willing to negotiate with him in the last known reports.  That could change, but I don't see him endorsing before a winner is more definite.

Al Gore.  A Saturday endorsement will get Superbowl buried.  So, it isn't Al Gore before Feb 5.

Reid and Pelosi won't enter the fracas before a winner emerges.  Neither will Carter.

Others who are just too late to endorse:
Boxer (although, isn't she related to HRC by marriage?)
Dodd
Biden
Kucinich

Pundits/Satirists who won't show clear bias:
Olbermann
Maher
Colbert
Stewart

We won't see any famous Republicans declare allegiance to Obama, for fear of damaging him.

We won't see any famous Republicans declare allegiance to Clinton, for much the same reason, and for others as well.

What might we see?
A tough guy endorse Clinton, to balance out Hulk Hogan.  I kid you not.  Expect a big hug and kiss on that one.  Maybe a football player at the Superbowl, or a commentator.

Spielberg endorsing Obama outside his Reconstructionist synagogue.  

Some muckity muck on the Hallmark channel with Clinton.

Some celebrity (Stevie Wonder?) sing Obama onto the stage in St Louis.

Tom Petty dedicate American Girl to Clinton at the halftime show.

IOW, we might see silliness in the endorsements before Feb 5, but nothing serious or meaningful for most on dKos.  Whether it will sway people who are undecided?  Weather might sway some of those voters.

•  I think OBama's going to be in Santa Fe today

  so a Richardson endorsement may be forthcoming.

  by slinkerwink on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:52:06 AM PDT

  •  I doubt it...

    Some of Obama's bigger endorsements (C. Kennedy, E. Kennedy, Sibelius) were getting leaked about a day in advance, and nobody's saying anything.

    Earlier in the week, I'd heard a rumor that the Obama were talking about a big endorsement still to come, but unless they have been extremely hush hush about it, it seems unlikely for right now.

    If Obama comes out of Super Tuesday at all ahead on delegates (even by 1 or something), I do expect a tsunami of endorsements, though.

    by JMS on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:56:36 AM PDT

    •  We might hear leaks this morning.

      If we don't hear anything by noon, then probably no more major endorsements.

      by Quicklund on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 07:19:10 AM PDT

•  tom brady

  has already endorsed Obama (on NPR he was talking him up).

  by bsmcneil on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:53:49 AM PDT

  •  That's a surprise

    I thought Brady is a Republican who loves Bush.

    by Carolina On My Mind on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:16:41 AM PDT

    •  i could be wrong

      but that's what i thought i heard on the radio

      by bsmcneil on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 11:41:17 AM PDT

•  Edwards today. Gore on leaked Sun. Endorse Mon.

  As long as we're expressing total opinions. ;-)

  by Travis Stark on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:55:51 AM PDT

  •  Richardson today...

    ... Edwards on Sunday, Gore on Monday, JFK from the great beyond on Tuesday morning.

    by VirginiaDem on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:59:12 AM PDT

•  Obama in town today, Hillary tomorrow

  Not safe to say yet.

  by cn1044 on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:58:17 AM PDT

•  Bender to endorse Gravel...

  and Gravel could have this whole thing sewn up with the robot vote.

  by grannyhelen on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:59:47 AM PDT

•  Maybe

  maybe not.

  I thought it was interesting that last Sunday, it the Clinton camp that leaked Kennedy's endorsement.  I'm certainly guessing that was an effort to get "out in front" of it.   I'm likewise guessing that the Obama camp (and Kennedy himself) probably weren't too happy with that.

  One thing you have to give the Obama campaign -- they're very good at managing the 'aesthetics' of the campaign...   I suspect if there's an endorsement coming -- we're going to have it delivered very much as a "BREAKING" minutes before we get the actual endorsement.

  At this point - Obama wants to continue to build the buzz... I think that means any big pluses -- like an endorsement -- get delivered as staccato shocks, rather than 12 hour "builds".

  by zonk on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:01:50 AM PDT

•  my surprise endorsement

  on Monday W. and George H.W. Bush endorse Clinton to make America a dynasty.

  They will endorse her in Baghdad where they will go unannounced and possibly have Baghdad Bob there as well.

  by jalapeno on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:05:11 AM PDT

•  Ann Coulter endorsed Hillary.

  On Hannity and Comes last night. That'll help her a great deal, right?

  by YoursTruly on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:05:44 AM PDT

  •  link or video?

    I just heard this on Stephanie Miller as well.

    by Travis Stark on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:27:45 AM PDT

    •  re:Look in the Rec'd Diaries eom

      by deminva on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:33:55 AM PDT

•  This guy

  expect an endorsement soon from this guy:

  http://www.youtube.com/...

  by XStryker on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:26:14 AM PDT

•  the only surviving cast of the "Munsters"

  are Eddie and Marilyn.  I am holding out to see who they endorse.

  But then I was always hot for MaryAnn on Gilligan's Island, so her endorsement may cancel out the Munsters.

  by libertyisliberal on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:34:26 AM PDT

•  Dead celebrities?

  I think some of them may endorse from the other side.

  I know the McCain is hard at work in the "seance community" to get a John Wayne endorsement.

  The Clinton camp has been wooing FDR for weeks.

  While Obama (after last night's lovefest) is looking for some "sexual healing" from Marvin Gaye.

  by Moresby on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:35:57 AM PDT

•  Reid has endorsed HRC by proxy

  Officially Harry Reid is staying out. But the fact that his son Rory was chairman of Clinton's presidential committee in Nevada tells all.

  by Frederik on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:43:22 AM PDT

•  Stevie Nicks

  Is not a Wiccan.

  by TheUnknown285 on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:55:43 AM PDT

•  Whos Tony Danza endorsing

  holding breath til hear .

  by illdemforchange on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 07:15:23 AM PDT

•  Looks like Richardon is out until after Feb. 5?

  According to Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic:

  A Democrat consultant close to Gov. Bill Richardson says that the New Mexico governor will not endorse a presidential candidate until after February 5.

  No idea how reliable that is, but given that it hasn't happened yet, it seems correct.

  by mad clamor on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 12:34:14 PM PDT