Al Gore Endorses Barack Obama

This evening, Al Gore will be endorsing Barack Obama at a rally in Detroit, Michigan (read the full Obama press release here).  Now that the primary contest is over, the significance of Gore’s endorsement is different than it would have been had he offered it a few months ago; it’s mainly for the benefit of party unity at this point.

I don’t think Gore’s endorsement will sway undecideds or independents as much as some others do.  Rather, the impact of this endorsement is financial.  Gore has asked visitors to AlGore.com to donate to Barack Obama.  This new financial pool comes at the same time that Hillary Clinton prepares to push her top fundraisers into Obama’s quarter.  It’ll be interesting to see how Obama’s June fundraising figures before this endorsement and HRC’s help compare with rest of the month.