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Obama tells allies Biden’s path to winning reelection has greatly diminished (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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[–] millie@beehaw.org 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is just circular reporting. A bunch of outlets start pushing an opinion, so the opinion gets louder. Now the loudness of the opinion is the story.

Hey did you hear that Obama's talking about that shit that every news outlet has been shoving down our throats multiple times per day for the past several months? Obama!

Want Trump to lose? Quit sharing this shit every five minutes and instead find an article about how much organizing voters can shake up an election.

[–] bl4kers@beehaw.org 6 points 3 months ago

That's how culture and news works generally. There's no stopping it really

[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

Thanks, Obama.

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

Jon Stewart needs to announce his candidacy right now

[–] Twinkletoes@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Harris Whitmer 2024

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

Can't we keep Whitmer for a little longer?

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

I'm good with a Warren/Harris ticket. In this environment, I do not see female and not white gaining traction if Biden does decide to step aside. I want policy, not platitudes. And the GOP is geared up to explain to their brainwashed masses how bad a minority woman would screw them over. I'd give a lot for the timeline where the recount happened instead of Bush v. Gore.

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nooooo shit, Barry.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 10 points 3 months ago

it's less about stating the obvious, and more about seeing Biden's closest ally in the party start to join the chorus. Obama saying "I still think Joe has a shot" carries a lot of weight, even in the face of every other strategist saying the opposite.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Just another Obama bro turning against our beautiful president.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 3 months ago

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Obama sees his role as a sounding board and counselor to his former vice president, telling allies that he feels protective of Biden.

In these conversations, Obama has said he thinks Biden has been a great president and wants to protect his accomplishments, which could be in jeopardy if Republicans control the White House and both chambers of Congress next year.

Obama, perhaps the party’s most revered figure, has tried to keep a lower profile, hoping to draw on his longtime friendship with Biden, his former running mate and vice president.

Former Obama advisers who continue to comment publicly on politics, from his counselor David Axelrod to a group of more junior aides who now run the Crooked Media podcast company, are among the most vocal Democrats arguing that Biden may no longer have a path to victory.

The Post previously reported that Obama has shared concerns about Biden’s path forward after the debate and that the two presidents spoke in the days after.

Movie mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, a top Biden campaign official, sought to stop Clooney, a longtime friend of his, from publishing the piece but was unsuccessful, according to a person familiar with his outreach.

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