Posted on 06/14/2018 4:03:41 PM PDT by Enlightened1
When former President Obama left the White House, he pledged to take a back seat to make room for other Democrats in the party to shine.
Nearly 17 months later, thats proving to be an impossible task.
Obama drew headlines this week after a Politico report revealed that he is consulting a long line of would-be 2020 candidates and offering advice to party leadership. And he drew another round of headlines when it was announced that his political committee, Organizing for Action, is revving up to help Democrats in the midterm elections.
Democrats have turned to the party patriarch as fatigue with the Clintons has set in, a factor exacerbated in recent days by former President Clintons tone-deaf comments on Monica Lewinsky and the Me Too movement.
The desire among Democrats for Obama to take a more leading role in the midterm fight and party building in general is just getting stronger, particularly with the lack of alternatives.
Theres f---ing no one else, one frustrated Democratic strategist said. Bill Clinton is toxic, [former President] Carter is too old, and theres no one else around for miles.
Some say Obama should get off the sidelines and should have done so earlier.
Hes been way too quiet, said one longtime Obama bundler who rarely criticizes the former president. There are a lot of people who think hes played too little a role or almost no role in endorsing or fundraising and hes done jack shit in getting people to donate to the party.
The vacuum at the top of the party has been created by the fall of the Clintons; Obamas disappearance, for the most part, from the public stage; and the fact that other Democrats with national voices are getting ready for 2020.
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NOthing like bringing back their big-time losers to create a winning message and a winning platform.
The democrats “2020 candidates” will be more like blind candidates, since they have no idea what the hell their party stands for.
Choomer gotta choom dude...
Haha!
The DNCs biggest problem is that Hillary Clinton still has her tentacles wrapped around it and whatever money have been able to scrounge up.
“I know it is a small comparison, but pushing Chelsea is game 1 for Big Media.”
I can hardly wait for the “Howdy Doody for President” bumper stickers to come out!
“It’s amazing that a spazz like him managed to survive a tour in Vietnam.”
A tour was 13 mos. for Navy/USMC. Kerry, by scamming the “3 Heart rule,” did 3 mos.
Maybe Obama had a new boyfriend.
Yeah, Kerry got a bunch of medals without ever leaving camp, such a scam.
Given up on her and Bernie, apparently. The DemonRats are so desperate that they’re bringing back their ole standby, Mr. Ineligible himself. I’m highly encouraged by this, let’s bring back Bart Starr to rescue the NFL.
0 was only successful when he ran for himself. Recall how well he did for the dims in the 2010 and 2014 midterms and his half hearted campaigning for HC. If the dims think he will energize the base or beyond they have no historiy to back that up and are super dim on this tactic.
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