Jimmy Carter: World hearts Barack Obama

Former President Jimmy Carter again came very close to endorsing Sen. Barack Obama without doing so officially.

Jimmy Carter: Support for Obama strong worldwide

JERUSALEM: Globetrotting former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he's found strong support for Barack Obama during his recent trips to Africa and Asia.

Carter has stopped short of formally endorsing Obama as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee and would not be drawn on the issue in a meeting with reporters Monday.

However, Carter noted that his children, grandchildren and their spouses back the Illinois senator who is competing with New York Sen. Hillary Clinton for the nomination.

Carter says Obama was the favorite in his travels to Ghana, Nigeria and Nepal. He says "world opinion is strongly supportive of Obama, that's all we hear."

Pres. Jimmy Carter talks up Barack Obama

Former President Jimmy Carter has decided not to formally endorse any candidate this cysle, but that did not stop him from heaping praise on Sen. Barack Obama.

"Obama's campaign has been extraordinary and titillating for me and my family," the 83-year-old Carter told the Wall Street Journal.

"He has an extraordinary oratory...I think that Obama will be almost automatically a healing factor in the animosity now that exists, that relates to our country and its government," said Carter, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.


In this video, Carter states that all his children and grandchildren except one are supporting Barack Obama.