Carter Endorses Obama

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Thursday April 03, 2008 · 10:19 AM PDT

2008/04/03 · 10:19

Almost.

Speaking to Nigerian reporters Wednesday in the town of Abuja, Carter responded to a question about the prolonged race for the Democratic nomination.

"We are very interested in the primaries," Carter said, according to the Nigerian newspaper This Day. "Don't forget that Obama won in my state of Georgia. My town, which is home to 625 people, is for Obama. My children and their spouses are pro-Obama. My grandchildren are also pro-Obama. As a superdelegate, I would not disclose who I am rooting for, but I leave you to make that guess."

Carter spokeswoman Deanna Congileo confirmed the former president's remarks to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday.

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Regardless of former Pres. Carter's failures as president, he is a former President and superdelgate. He is more respected in his later years for his work with Habitat for Humanity as well as many other humanitarian causes and has been invited by foreign governments to oversee elections. His endorsement of Obama would be a big deal, and from the tenor of his comment about Obama, one can safely assume Carter's (formal) endorsement is forthcoming. Carter's statement leaves no doubt who he supports.

This is important for several reasons. A large part of Hillary's base is comprised of older Americans and Carter surely fits into that target group. Older people can use the Carter endorsement as a segway from Clinton to support Obama and feel safe and less guilty about switching their allegiance.

It's means another important super delegate vote for Obama.

On another level,Jimmy Carter graduated 59th from the top at the Naval Academy. John McCain graduated 894th, 5th from the bottom. Jimmy Carter was a nuclear engineer and passed the "test" with Rickover, Jimmy is a smart man. John McCain... not so much, and recent events have shown that he is easily confused.

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