FreedomTalks

The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza notes that the Democrat presidential candidates have been meeting with the Goracle about environmental issues and also seeking an endorsement. But even if Gore does make an endorsement, does it matter?

Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) met with Gore in Nashville in December. Sen. Chris Dodd (Conn.) spoke with Gore last week after the former vice president praised Dodd’s carbon tax proposal. Gore and former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) have also huddled.

Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) and Gore — not surprisingly — have not met; the two are not particularly close especially after the 2000 election when Gore largely ran away from the Clinton legacy, a tactic that ultimately failed. Neither Sen. Joe Biden (Del.) nor Gov. Bill Richardson (N.M.) have met with Gore.

While it seems unlikely that Gore will make the run for president that so many within the base of the party want from him, he did say last week that he expects to make an endorsement before the identity of the nominee is known.

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