White House: No Endorsement Before Primaries

Speaking this morning on Meet The Press, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said that President Obama will not endorse a candidate until the Democratic nominee is chosen. Via Politico:

McDonough said Obama won’t endorse in the presidential primary, despite his recent signal that he’ll weigh in on down-ballot races over gun control issues.

“That’s not our job. That’s the job of the party to make those decisions and then they’ll take a look at the agendas and the positions of those candidates,” he said. “Then we’ll make some final decisions. … Well, we’ll do exactly what has been done in the past, which is when the nominee will be set, then the President will be out there.”

Obama’s final State Of The Union address will take place on Tuesday night.