NEW YORK (AP) - Former Vice President Al Gore endorsed
Howard Dean for the Democratic presidential nomination
Tuesday, adding momentum and political prestige to
Dean's front-running campaign.
Gore said Dean "really is the only candidate who has
been able to inspire at the grass-roots level all over
the country." He said the former Vermont governor also
was the only Democratic candidate who made the correct
judgment about the Iraq war.
"Our country has been weakened in its ability to
fight the war against terror because of the catastrophic
mistake the Bush administration made in taking us into
war in Iraq," Gore said.
Dean said it was an honor and a privilege to receive
Gore's endorsement.
"I feel just like a little girl!" said Dean.
