Posted on 11/26/2019 7:50:41 AM PST by Red Badger
Former President Obama reportedly told a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate that his former Vice President Joe Biden doesn't have what it takes to win the Oval Office.
Obama, 58, has remained relatively quiet during the first part of the Democratic primary; however, he has met with many of the candidates privately. In one particular meeting, the former president took a dig at his own vice president, according to Politico.
"With one candidate, he pointed out that during his own 2008 campaign, he had an intimate bond with the electorate, especially in Iowa, that he no longer has. Then he added, 'And you know who really doesnt have it? Joe Biden,'" Ryan Lizza reported.
The former president's dig stands in stark contrast to the relationship Biden has depicted during his campaign. Biden, who has repeatedly stated that he doesn't want Obama's endorsement because whoever wins the primary "should win it on their own merits, has frequently referenced his time working within the Obama White House.
The former vice president cites the Obama administration's record on healthcare as well as on the economy frequently. However, he has also been faced at times with difficult questions from his time in office. During multiple presidential debates this fall, Biden took heat from rival candidates for both relying on Obama's legacy when it suits him and for distancing himself from it when it was more beneficial for him.
There is a precedent for former presidents to hold out endorsing their second-in-commands subsequent White House bids. Ronald Reagan did not endorse George H. W. Bush's candidacy in 1988 until it was clear who the GOP nominee would be. Then, there was the 1968 Democratic presidential campaign in which Lyndon B. Johnson declined to offer a robust endorsement of Hubert Humphrey until a little more than a month before the general election.
It probably won’t help....................
This is Obama trying to cut himself loose from his Ukranian bag man who is getting ready to go down the tubes.
Obama tells the truth every now and again... he’s been caught doing it more than once.... because he really isn’t a great politician, he’s not... he is just a stuffed suit... the folks around him played the real politics, he was just a puppet for the most part....
He’s right when he says Biden doesn’t have it... the reality is NO democrat is winning 2020... there is no path... short of a complete economic meltdown or some black swan event of that magnitude... Best case for Dems is about 15 states plus DC, and that was before the impeachment nonsense.... worst case is they may not even get 10 states... and honestly they are looking far closer to worst case than best case... and that’s REGARDLESS fo who the eventual nominee is.
... He didnt pick Biden. 0 didnt pick anybody or anything except his nose
Obama was a classic Post Turtle
Democrats are never ‘loyal’ unless it’s under threat of violence.....................
I would argue that Obama is attempting to cut lose from the Ukraine corruption to which he is going to be shown to be directly tied.
It will turn out that Hunter Biden is small potatoes, just a scape goat
Tim Kaine LOL. Brings back memories of that debate between Kaine and Mike Pence.
Running mates may not make a big difference, but, no way that Tim Kaine would have helped get Hillary more support with undecided voters.
I’m sure the Sinclair prosecution was a factor as well.
Yep. He was sent to Ukraine to threaten the Ukraine President, to protect his son, and to get his cut.
Bag man and useful, disposable idiot.
The GOP put up Designated Losers in ‘08 and ‘12 to make sure the Usurpation happened.
Just picking up the bags of money.
Obama was a classic Post Turtle
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Who could not have usurped the office in violation of the Constitution without the cooperation of BOTH parties.
If Joe was to become the D nominee we’d be able to initiate impeachment before his Inauguration Day. He’s toast and is too stupid to know it.
He’ll be lucky to avoid prison.
Joe has run for president before, but he got 3% of the rabid unhinged democrat primary voters. His own party faithful don’t like him.
He won’t be the candidate.
2008 the GOP wasn’t going to win.. wouldn’t have mattered who ran. Anger at Bush has alienated too much of the middle and the base.... THe GOP was PUNISHED in 2008 for the bush years, which helped the Dems...
2012, those that were angry at them, had seen the alternative and mostly came home, but the candidate they ran wasn’t strong enough or dedicated enough to get it done.
So, you can make the argument that 12 was a weak candidate, but in 08, no GOP candidate was likely to win.
Notice how people who are slashed and burned by Ovomit always stay true and loyal to him all the way to the end?!! Where the hell are their “tell all books”?...Bolton better KEEP his mouth shut, cause after his expiration useful date is up the wicked left will spew him to hell in a blinking of an eye!!! PLEASE STAY LOYAL TO us Mr Bolton..it’s about us and your country...don’t betray us!! Please!
It's shaping up to be a battle between Bill and Obama to see who can get their wife in as nominee.
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