President Obama claims he is 'confident' he could have beaten Trump in 2016

The Week ^ | December 26, 2016 | Jeva Lange

[2ndDivisionVet]

President Barack Obama defended his vision of America on David Axelrod's The Axe Files podcast, claiming he is confident "that if I had run again and articulated [this vision], I think I could've mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind it."

The interview was the latest in Obama's post-election and pre-exit analysis, and he told his former senior adviser that despite Donald Trump winning, "what I would argue is, is that the culture actually did shift, that the majority does buy into the notion of a one America that is tolerant and diverse and open and full of energy and dynamism." Obama instead blamed the Democrats for ignoring swaths of the voting population: "If you think you're winning, then you have a tendency, just like in sports, maybe to play it safer," he said of Hillary Clinton's defeat. Listen here.

[Gaffer]

Yeah, and if he was a real man, maybe his two girls wouldn’t look so different.

[FlingWingFlyer]

ROTFL!

[RegulatorCountry]

He’s confident about an impossibility.

[jsanders2001]

Keep believing that you arrogant POS community organizing cheater. You would have had the same result as Hillary did. People don’t like you. Unless they are Muslim or want access to your money.

[AFret.]

The only thing obama can beat is his meat..

[JPG]

I coulda won, I tell ya, I coulda won!

[Be Careful]

True.....by fraud.......and then Trump would have challenged and exposed this.....and then go on to win with the REAL vote.....it would have been another great win in our effort to clean up our country

But....we will just have to save this chore for later....but it will come up, no doubt

[Not A Snowbird]

I have no love for him or Michelle, but that was uncalled for.

[dowcaet]

I think this is more to signify to Democrats he’s the power in that party and not the Clintons.

[tired&retired]

This man-boy is really delusional.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Well, since we were voting on Obie’s third term, clearly he didn’t.

[Fzob]

Listen here......

No thanks.

[Fido969]

All about him.

[Mercat]

rent free living

[AnotherUnixGeek]

President Obama claims he is 'confident' he could have beaten Trump in 2016

Black turnout for Hillary was terrible, and most election analysts say that if she'd gotten the same black turnout that Obama did, she would have won. If Obama had been able to run for a third term, the black turnout would have been there and he probably would have won. We should celebrate Trump's win, but we can't get complacent - there's work to do if this is to be an 8 year presidency.

[tired&retired]

President Obama admitted he cried at a recent senior staff send-off dinner .....

[Leep]

Says the poster child, man-child that is,for failed leftism.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I coulda been a contender.
I coulda been somebody...

[Gaffer]

He needs to keep his mouth shut. He and Hillary lost. He cannot be allowed to set up a shadow government. Lastly, I still believe what I said.