Carter and Gore to endorse Obama? Masterminded in Congress?

Definitely treat this as rumor, but also a definite must read.

Democrat grandees Jimmy Carter and Al Gore are being lined-up to deliver the coup de grâce to Hillary Clinton and end her campaign to become president.

Falling poll numbers and a string of high-profile blunders have convinced party elders that she must now bow out of the primary race.

Former president Carter and former vice-president Gore have already held high-level discussions about delivering the message that she must stand down for the good of the Democrats.

"They're in discussions," a source close to Carter told Scotland on Sunday. "Carter has been talking to Gore. They will act, possibly together, or in sequence.".......


A number of options are being considered by the higher echelons of the Democrats, but they fall roughly into two categories. One is for Carter and Gore to go to Clinton privately and ask her to step down. The other is for both men to appear in public and endorse Obama – a move which would see a majority of superdelegates go with them.

The campaign to force Clinton to make an early exit is being masterminded in Congress, home to the most influential of the superdelegates. Senate Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have called on superdelegates to hold an unofficial congress in early June to anoint a winner, rather than waiting for the convention in Denver.

No mention on the timing of any of these supposed meetings, probably before this latest blowup. The article does seem to indicate any actions would come after Pa.

Treat this with caution. (Why is it leaked to foreign press? Why now?) My gut says there's a secondary play in this story but I really can't tell what it is. (If it's true, force them to move or maybe keep them from moving by the exposure. Maybe change the subject? Let Clinton play underdog? Maybe reintroduce the Obama, inevitable narrative?)

You gotta figure that every US reporter will be working every contact they have with Carter, Gore, Pelosi, Reid, the DNC, etc., so, we should get some kind of feedback within a couple days.

Rumor. Rumor. Rumor. Foreign press? Rumor. Single source? Rumor.

Later: On ABC, Jimmy Carter says he has no intention of endorsing until the convention, but again makes it very clear he's for Obama.