Obama's endorsement of Clinton 'not automatic'

Barack Obama will not automatically endorse Hillary Clinton's presidential bid, the White House said Monday, indicating he will wait until the general election before formally backing a candidate. Keeping up the tradition of sitting presidents not publicly weighing in on the selection of their party's next nominee, the White House said Obama would wait until after the Democratic primaries to make his views known. "The president has not offered up any sort of endorsement at this po