Jimmy Carter close to endorsing Obama?

Former president and Georgia superdelegate Jimmy Carter may have coyly expressed his support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

While visiting Abuja, Nigeria with his wife, Carter told a group of journalists there Wednesday that his entire family is supporting Obama, but stopped short of a formal endorsement, according to This Day, a Nigerian newspaper.

Carter also reminded the group that Obama won the primary in his home state of Georgia.

"We are very interested in the primaries," he said. "My town which is home to 625 people is for Obama, my children and their spouses are pro-Obama. My grandchildren are also pro-Obama. As a superdelegate, I would not disclose who I am rooting for but I leave you to make that guess."

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said that a Carter spokesperson confirmed those remarks.

Carter is one of Georgia's 13 superdelegates. Seven are supporting Obama, three are supporting Clinton, and three are undecided.

Carter is in Nigeria for an awards cermony celebrating the reduction of Guinea worm disease, a parasitic infecton. The Carter Presidential Center has been part of efforts to eradicate the disease.

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