Posted on 06/22/2023 12:41:47 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
As President Biden’s approval rating has languished this year, seemingly impervious to external events, a group of congressional Democrats have gotten a taste of the sort of younger, more charismatic presence some of them crave to lead their ticket next year.
Albeit a grayer version.
Former President Barack Obama has hosted a handful of informal, but lengthy private meetings with groups of next-generation House Democrats this spring, I’m told by multiple attendees. The initial session featured the chamber’s new trio of leaders, but he then held subsequent conversations with a range of lawmakers.
Included were progressive members, like Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), as well as more moderate lawmakers, such as Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) and Haley Stevens (D-Mich.).
The gatherings were Obama’s idea, I’m told, and were designed for the now-61-year-old former president to keep current with his party’s rising stars, more than six years after he left office.
The sessions, which took place over cheese and crackers in Obama’s Washington office, are striking for a number of reasons.
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Of course he left. He gave up running things even before he left office.
But now he wants to be a kingmaker, and choose between Gavin and Kamala.
Is Mayor Pete out for sure now?
No longer being considered?
When Obama left office didn’t he say he had a 50,000 strong “shadow government” ready and that he wasn’t going anywhere??
I suspect Obama has been in charge since Biden raised his right hand.
What?
0 want Mike to catch for awhile?
As President Biden’s approval rating has languished this year, seemingly impervious to external eventsIf you want to know why these idiots actually think Biden won the '20 election, here it is: they actually thing that current "external events" should have driven Biteme's approvals upward.
Ready to reinsert big Mike into his back door.
Why does this dirtbag have a Washington DC office???
To tell Joe what to do. After he is told what to do by Soros.
Rememner the name Michelle...the only name that can push aside both Joe and Heriss aside.
Someone said they thought Mrs Obamanation was going to run, because Susan Rice had just quit.
Pete’s a joke for us, maybe not for Democrats. He’s young, though. He can wait and maybe figure out how to actually do something.
Harris was supposed to be the new Obama — the glass ceiling breaker, the historic first — but she hasn’t worked out. Obama would probably relish being the Kingmaker who decides between Biden, Harris, and Newsom. It would be a much harder job to get Buttigieg or Warren or somebody else the nomination.
Newsom is the ‘Hair Apparent’ to the role.
IMHO. 🙂
HE IS ONE OF THE WORST, IF NOT THE WORST LOOKING SIXTY YEAR OLDS I HAVE EVER SEEN.
Much as I disliked him, I always thought he looked “OKAY, not bad, but, boy oh boy he now looks like that PORTRAIT THAT’S HIDING IN THE ATTIC.
What??
I was just thinking about Rice the other day.
I think: She saw some STORM CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON AND DECIDED TO LEAVE, WHICH SHE DID SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
🙋🌞 I know I heard that one, too. What is curious is there was very little published about Rice’ s leaving. Frankly she was one of the worse almost on the level of John _____whats his name, foreign policy advisor, etc who wanted a war with Iran.
Yup
Quite the pear
McCain?
ValJar is probably behind that curtain too
Where’s her husband’s laptop?
🙋look at the states...new york etc
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