BHO Really, Really Wants That Al Gore Endorsement

Will Al Gore endorse? Won't he? Could Oprah + Al = victory for Barack Obama?

Obama, in a statement released today by the campaign, congratulating Gore on his Nobel Prize:

"By having the courage to challenge the skeptics in Washington and lead on the climate crisis facing our planet, Al Gore has advanced the cause of peace and richly deserves the Nobel Prize he's receiving today," Obama said. " His voice and his vision have awakened the conscience of America to the urgency of this threat, and now we must take bold action so that our children inherit a planet that is cleaner, safer, and more peaceful for generations to come."

Meanwhile, Gore in Oslo accepting the prize today said that climate change is a "planetary emergency," reports the NYT.

(JENNIFER SKALKA)