CNN is reporting that Al Gore won’t endorse anyone in the Democratic race:
(CNN) – He’s the most prominent Democrat yet to take a side in the presidential election, but two sources close to Al Gore tell us not to expect the former vice president to endorse either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama any time during the primary season.
The sources say Gore talks with both Clinton and Obama, and is on good terms with both. But with Sen. John Kerry and Bill Clinton both aligned to a candidate, Gore has a role to serve as the neutral elder statesman in the party.
If an agreement needs to be struck between Clinton and Obama down the road, Gore is in position to be the likely facilitator of that discussion.
Meanwhile, both candidates are courting John Edwards for an endorsement:
Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are aggressively courting former Democratic presidential rival John Edwards, but their attempts to win his endorsement will be put on hold for at least another day.
Clinton made a clandestine visit to Edwards’s North Carolina home last Thursday to ask for the support of the former senator and 2004 vice presidential nominee. Obama had planned to make the same trip last night, but a conflict arose and the two had to reschedule the meeting, Obama campaign aides said. Both candidates have remained in regular contact with Edwards since he withdrew from the race two weeks ago, and each has vowed to carry on his anti-poverty crusade while quietly vying for his backing.
The question is, with Edwards out of the race for two weeks now, and most of his supporters already having moved to one of the two remaining candidates, what value is left in his endorsement ?
