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Source: Gore Won't Endorse Before Feb. 5th

By Greg Sargent - February 1, 2008, 2:50PM

Josh Green of The Atlantic has gotten folks in political circles talking with this fun piece suggesting that if Al Gore wants any presidential endorsement to have maximum impact, he'll have to do it before Feb. 5th:

Ted Kennedy’s endorsement Monday had the feel of history about it. Even conservatives swooned. Only one endorsement could be bigger -- and if Al Gore is going to pull the trigger, you have to think he’ll do so in the next 72 hours...an announcement would be earthshaking and guaranteed to dominate the airwaves until the February 5 primaries.

I checked in with a source close to Gore for a response to the piece. Asked if there was any shot at a pre-Feb. 5th endorsement, the source said: "He has no plans to endorse in the near term."

Not a flat-out denial, but it's probably not going to happen.

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2008/02/source_gore_wont_endorse_befor.php