Gore nomination now looking more likely

Gore strategists are now talking about it; that includes that this has been something mapped out by his inner circle last May.

In other words, Gore is trying to, and could, pull off the greatest and slickest political comeback since (NO, not you, Bill Clinton, sit down) Dick Nixon in 1968.

If neither Mr Obama nor Mrs Clinton has the 2,025 delegates needed to win the nomination, and if both appear unable to beat Mr McCain, under one scenario a group of about 100 party elders - the "super-delegates" - could sit out the first ballot in Denver, preventing either candidate winning outright, and then offer Mr Gore the nomination for the good of the party.

So, the obvious question is, how much, if any, courting of superdelegates is Gore himself or his surrogates doing as we speak/type/read?

At the same time, “more likely” is still a relevant term.

And, who would support it more?

Obama, of course. He would accept the VP nod from Gore, and know that even with two successful Gore terms, he’s still in his early 50s. Plus, given how the blood worsened between Gore and Hillary Clinton from 1998 or so on, he’s not making that offer to her anyway.