Posted on 11/01/2025 1:46:08 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Barack Obama used to be confident America would survive Donald Trump. He’s not so sure anymore.
The 44th president can still draw a crowd of thousands or dial Gavin Newsom’s cell phone to strategize about the California governor’s redistricting push. But friends who talk to him say it’s become clear that eight years out of the White House, darkness and anxiety have crept in on Obama’s message of hope and change.
After deliberately stepping back during the Biden years — while remaining the party’s biggest fundraiser even then — Obama and his aides are reworking his longstanding strategy of minimizing his public presence to allow the next generation of Democrats to emerge. Trump’s moves to block Democrats from power since his return to the White House and his calls to indict or shut down liberal institutions might, Obama fears, deny that next generation the chance.
“The harm is so profound that this calls for both a different approach generally, and a different involvement specifically by President Obama,” said Eric Holder, the former attorney general who described the mindset of his longtime friend.
“If we are focused, if we’re willing to engage, if we are willing to do the work, the nation and our democracy can survive this,” Holder told CNN. “There will be damage done along the way — there’s no question about that. We won’t win every battle.”
Or as Obama tends to put it himself in private conversations, according to several who’ve spoken with him: “If you have convictions and they’re not being tested, then it’s just fashion.”
Hitting the campaign trail for moderate gubernatorial candidates, as Obama is scheduled to do in back-to-back stops on Saturday for Mikie Sherrill in New...
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To fight back against Trump.
That’s the Lefts problem. They only want to fight back against a man. They don’t even think of leadership to benefit the nation .
Barry Soetoro needs his Kenyan Keister deported. He’s not an American. Never was.
“….. it’s become clear that eight years out of the White House, darkness and anxiety have crept in on Obama’s message of hope and change.“
Haven’t we suffered enough fundamental transformation of America, Zero??
But we all know that you won’t rest until you destroy America completely.
Obama, the shadow president, needs to have his shadow killers turn on him.
What he’s been doing for the last 5 years is treasonous and he belongs in Gitmo.
His Antifa army and his paid off judges can join him.
The magic mulatto finally lost his Midas touch...
Remember when Rush was excoriated because (in reference to Obama), he said “I hope he fails”? How is what Obama saying any different?
FAFO Barry.
Whatever happened to a “Peaceful transition of power”?
They have no plans, no policies, no principles. They just hate Trump.
Barry should stay retired and move back to Kenya
Barry’s going to kick it up a notch.
This reads like an editorial.
In any event the bias is overwhelming.
“Hitting the campaign trail for moderate gubernatorial candidates...”
“Moderate” what?
When it comes to “doin’ the work”...he won’t. He’s always been a slacker. He’ll speechify and get his ego stroked but he won’t put himself out just for a damn flag.
His value is long gone.
It kills me when they say “our democracy”. Their so called democracy is fueled by importing illegal voters and bribing their votes by using their position to steal citizen taxpayer’s money.
That’s not democracy - it’s a communist revolution.
Just understand what “Democracy” means to the left.
The President wants to keep a “Republic”.
He’s in their way.
The fact that he’s not a D.C. insider and has no desire to be one makes them furious.
Obama has lost his Mojo—Arresting Trump caused Blacks to see him as another who has suffered at the hands of “The Man”. Has Obama ever suffered? A half black from a rich family. His day is done.
When Democrats talk about "our democracy" they really mean "our bureaucracy."
"Democracy" dies with Democrats, who do not tolerate the audit of elections they win and do not recognize elections they lose as legitimate.
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