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Carter Hints at Support for Obama
Former President Carter wouldn’t quite say it, but he left little doubt this week about who he’d like to see in the White House next year.
Speaking to local reporters Wednesday on a trip to Nigeria, the former Democratic president noted that Barack Obama had won his home state of Georgia and his hometown of Plains.
“My children and their spouses are pro-Obama. My grandchildren are also pro-Obama,” he said at a press conference, according to the Nigerian newspaper This Day. “As a superdelegate, I would not disclose who I am rooting for, but I leave you to make that guess.”
Carter’s spokeswoman confirmed the comments.
Asked about Jimmy Carter indicating he would go for Obama, Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson said: “Both Senator Clinton and President Clinton have a great deal of respect for President Carter and have enjoyed their relationship with him over the years. And, obviously, he is free to make whatever decision he thinks is appropriate with regard to the presidential choice.”
