Gore: My Stepping In As Nominee Is "As Remote As You Can Possibly Imagine"
Al Gore did an interview with NPR in which he said some interesting things about the state of the presidential race -- for instance:
"Even though it has gone on much longer than is normal in the age of primaries and caucuses, nevertheless I think the odds are overwhelming that it will tip rather decisively in one way or the other before the convention even meets."
The notion that it could tip "decisively" in Hillary's direction seems counterintuitive to us. The range of possibilities seems more like it ranges from a decisive move of super-dels to Obama on one end of the spectrum to a deadlocked convention and/or a pitched battle over the super-dels on the other.
Gore also said: "As a delegate to the convention I will cast my vote at the proper time. I haven't ruled out making an endorsement... but I haven't been moved to do so."
Also, Mark Halperin has a transcript of more from the interview, as well as some audio of another interesting quote from the interview. Asked about the possibility that party leaders might try to broker some sort of deal where he stepped in as the nominee, he said:
"In a year of remote contingencies, that's as about as remote as you could possibly imagine."
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