Al Gore and Barack Obama

Friends of Al Gore seem to suggest that were he to support any of the candidates, the one he would choose would be Barack Obama:

N.Y. Sun:

In Mr. Gore's circles, Mr. Obama is seen as most likely to get an endorsement. That is in large part because Mr. Gore and Mrs. Clinton often had a difficult relationship in President Clinton's White House. A new book, "For Love of Politics," details infighting between the vice president and first lady from 1993 until 2000, when Mr. Gore sought the presidency and Mrs. Clinton sought election to the Senate from New York.

Having said that, reports seem to suggest that it's unlikely that Gore will officially endorse Obama as he wants to keep the issue of Global Warming one that is above the fray of partisan politics. Still, the two apparently talk once every few weeks:

"I talk to Al Gore about every three weeks," Mr. Obama said, according to NBC News.

Asked for more details, a spokeswoman for Mr. Obama's campaign, Jennifer Psaki, suggested that the senator is receiving guidance from the Nobel laureate.

It's good to know that Gore has a working relationship with Obama. He, like Obama, spoke out against the war vociferously before it happened. And that he would lean towards Obama says a lot about how much respect he must have for the experience that Hillary likes to brag so much about.