I called it

By Aziz P. -


Then Vice President Al Gore shakes hands with then Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (news - web sites) during a visit to a daycare center in Lebanon, N.H., on Jan. 19, 2000, where Dean announced he would be endorsing Gore's campaign. According to sources, Gore will endorse Dean's presidential bid this week. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)


No, it isn't definite, but it certainly seems highly probable. Gore's landmark Move-On sponsored speeches pointed directly to Dean - and I predicted in August that we would have a Gore endorsement by the end of the year :)

But this story isn't just about Dean and Gore. As has been noted previously, there is a civil war brewing in the Democratic party, with the Clintons on one side, and the anti- (including some former) Clintonites on the other. Gore broke free of Clinton in 2000, and an endorsement would be a clear signal that it was no fluke.

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