On the October 14,2007 edition of the Chris Matthews Show, New York magazine feature writer John Heileman made this claim:
Mr. HEILEMANN: A guy I spent a lot of time with last year, Al Gore, before his movie came out and right on the cusp of it, just won the Nobel Prize. And there's going to be a lot of people who are going to want to get him into this race. There always have been. It is not going to happen. It is not going to happen. And he is going to endorse Barack Obama.Whoa! Hold the presses. Is it true? Is Heileman correct? This could be the biggest endorsement Obama gets before the primary season begins.
MATTHEWS: When?
Mr. HEILEMANN: Six weeks.
