But let me make clear that I have not endorsed this nomination, ... It would be entirely premature of me to do so.

Cool your jets, let the process go forward,

I'm not a big Greenspan fan-Alan Greenspan fan. I voted against him the last two times. I think he's one of the biggest political hacks we have in Washington.

The Gulf Coast region does not deserve to be treated as a laboratory for political opportunism or ideological experimentation. Now is the time for unity.

[Harkin himself ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, but endorsed Bill Clinton shortly after dropping out of the race.] I don't take this step lightly, ... Gore is right for Iowa, he is right for America and he is right for our working families.

Let me be clear, this is an estimate only,