Obama declines to back Democrat candidate before primaries over

[RandySF]

Sitting presidents traditionally do not endorse candidates until after a nominee has been chosen. George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Regan, Lyndon John and Dwight Eisenhower all stayed out of the process.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35276042

[catnhatnh]

1. Wrong again

http://lubbockonline.com/stories/121299/nat_121299048.shtml#.VpM3FPkrLIU

Clinton endorsed Al Gore in December 1999

[RandySF]

2. oops!

Stand corrected. It's still atypical.

[Eric J in MN]

4. That article quotes Bill Clinton praising Al Gore.

It doesn't quote him saying, "I endorse Al Gore" or "Al Gore should be the Democratic nominee."

[catnhatnh]

6. OK here's ANOTHER article with "endorses in the title

and this one has video:

http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/USA-CLINTON-ENDORSES-GORE/d182854eac1d331c79cfeabc01505f4d?query=USA+PRESIDENTIAL+ELECTION&current=8&orderBy=Relevance&hits=59&referrer=search&search=%2Fsearch%3Fquery%3DUSA

[Eric J in MN]

8. That link is taking me to an article about George W. Bush. NT

NT

[catnhatnh]

9. Sorry

http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/USA-CLINTON-ENDORSES-GORE/d182854eac1d331c79cfeabc01505f4d?query=USA+PRESIDENTIAL+ELECTION¤t=8&orderBy=Relevance&hits=59&referrer=search&search=%2Fsearch%3Fquery%3DUSA%2520PRESIDENTIAL%2520ELECTION%26allFilters%3DPolitical%2520parties%3ASubject%2CPool%3ASource&allFilters=Political+parties%3ASubject%2CPool%3ASource&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1&b=505f4d

[Eric J in MN]

11. That story is from August 2000. NT

NT

[catnhatnh]

3. And Al Gore won't either

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/al-gore-hillary-clinton-215957

[catnhatnh]

5. And Eisenhower endorsed Nixon

Before the convention and while Rockefeller was still in the running:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19680719&id=4XQ0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=XCQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6784,1258921&hl=en

[m-lekktor]

7. I am sure Obama wants Hillary. They are politically similar. nt

[catnhatnh]

10. Well Obama and Gore both worked with her

and both are publicly withholding their endorsements. I've seen people here make big time claims about Bernie not getting endorsement from the congress folk he worked with so I think it's valid to point out Hillary spent parts of 4 terms working from the White House and two biggies decided to wait...

[highprincipleswork]

12. Wise, judicious, fair decision.