He has demurred from explicit endorsement in the primary but this doesn't mean he doesn't have his candidate. He laid out his marker when he urged Dems to be single issue and that he would endorse no Democrat weak on gun control.
"The president is immersed in the 2016 presidential contest and appalled by Republican candidates’ downbeat assessments of the country and the inflammatory rhetoric lobbed by the opposition party. Obama may not be on any ballot, but he is determined to be a presence in the race to help boost Hillary Clinton into the Oval Office. He has said he will campaign hard for Democrats who want his help."
“One of the things that I will be arguing over the course of the next year is to make sure that Democrats run an issue-based campaign on the things that we believe in and care about, and I think we've got a great track record of real progress on a whole range of fronts,” he told NPR during an interview last month. “If we make those arguments clearly and forthrightly and aren't defensive, then I'm actually confident we will do just fine.”
The president’s speech on Tuesday is the beginning of that final campaign. It’s a giant stage on which he can appeal to an anxious, divided electorate, one that’s unsure if Washington has done too much over seven years, or not enough. He can argue he is not a king, but also not a pushover."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/01/12/can-barack-obama-calm-the-anger-of-the-american-people-probably-not/
The President has come a long way in eight years. Arguably had Hillary been President in 2009 she would not have been sucker punched like he was-after all she has the experience in seeing blanket scorched earth opposition. The President's Administration at some point had to 'learn to be liberal.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/03/dan-pfeiffer-exit-interview.html
But in any case the President has had two very consequential terms on healthcare, the environment, the economy, the Iran deal, opening up relations with Cuba, etc.
That's Bernie-though he isn't really a Democrat in any case.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/01/trayvon-martins-mom-endorses-hillary.html
Tonight the President after a very consequential 7 years will give his final State of the Union Speech.
Greg Sargent asks: "Can Barack Obama calm the anger of the American people? Probably not."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/01/12/can-barack-obama-calm-the-anger-of-the-american-people-probably-not/
Well, geez, you might as well ask him to square the circle. Talk about framing him an impossible task. That would be a pointless task to set oneself.
It was like after his latest gun control speech some wondered if any of his opponents would change their mind. The answer is-of course not. But that wasn't his target audience. It was rather about motivating those who want gun control but who are discouraged.
Tonight''s speech is about framing his last year-leaving nothing left on the field-and setting things up for Hillary Clinton.
“One of the things that I will be arguing over the course of the next year is to make sure that Democrats run an issue-based campaign on the things that we believe in and care about, and I think we've got a great track record of real progress on a whole range of fronts,” he told NPR during an interview last month. “If we make those arguments clearly and forthrightly and aren't defensive, then I'm actually confident we will do just fine.”
The president’s speech on Tuesday is the beginning of that final campaign. It’s a giant stage on which he can appeal to an anxious, divided electorate, one that’s unsure if Washington has done too much over seven years, or not enough. He can argue he is not a king, but also not a pushover."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/01/12/can-barack-obama-calm-the-anger-of-the-american-people-probably-not/
The President has come a long way in eight years. Arguably had Hillary been President in 2009 she would not have been sucker punched like he was-after all she has the experience in seeing blanket scorched earth opposition. The President's Administration at some point had to 'learn to be liberal.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/03/dan-pfeiffer-exit-interview.html
But in any case the President has had two very consequential terms on healthcare, the environment, the economy, the Iran deal, opening up relations with Cuba, etc.
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