CNN and AP are reporting that Al Gore
will endorse Howard Dean.
This is a bombshell, as expectations were that Gore would sit out the primary, or, at very least, give Lieberman a pity endorsement.
CNN has also reported that Lieberman will stage a press conference to make an announcement. I didn't catch when, but why not start speculating? By endorsing Dean, Gore kills everyone else, but especially Lieberman. Could Joe be preparing to drop out?
Note what I previously wrote about the establishment starting to line up behind Dean, and the new media meme of "inevitability". There may be a concerted effort to shorten the length of the primary process in order to focus as early as possible on Bush and arrest any further bloodletting amongst the Dem candidates.
Or it could all be happy (for Dean) coincidences. In any case, I don't see how anyone can kill Dean's mo'.