“The short-term strategy is, win the House of Representatives,” stated the former president, garnering applause. “Because that’s going to be the circuit breaker that will give us control of one major component of the federal government. With that as a bulwark, we’re now able to block some of the worst impulses that are coming out of this White House.”
The former president laid out a two-pronged strategy for Democrats: to reclaim a House majority next year, and to work on honing the party’s messaging in the coming years.
“Long term, let’s tell a story, a better story about who we are as Americans and what we share,” Obama said, according to excerpts shared with CBS News. “We have to tell the story that makes people who feel outside that process, we’ve got to bring them back in.”
It’s good that Obama is stepping back into the spotlight. He still resonates with people as the last president we had before the world went insane.
He also reminds anyone wanting to run Trump in ‘28 that he would have another two-termer to contend with.
Barring that, he is still a unifying figurehead in the short term, while everyone watches Trump’s rapid decline.
It would be even better if you killed yourself and anyone who agrees with you.
We got Biden because Obama interfered in the primaries when it looked like Sanders was going to win.
Rumor amongst the political class is that he was motivated by wanting to preserve his legacy, rather than let someone upstage him.
Fuck Obama. We’re exactly where we are, in part, because of him.
Was Sanders running in 2020?
You might not remember because, despite being the top first or second choice the entire primary, corporate media would often not mention him in lieu of the 11 or so other candidates running, or if they did would mention him last. Meanwhile Biden was not even top 5 until an orchestrated drop out scheme
He was? In the primaries?
Bloomberg made a run just to try to prevent him from winning. Then all establishment candidates stepped back at once to endorse Biden, and there was a smear thing coming from Warren…
Is my memory wrong over here?
I don’t remember much of Sanders in 2020. It was 2016 when he was a front runner. The DNC said “it’s her turn” and went with Hillary. The sanders voters went with Joe Rogan and trump. I really don’t remember Bernie being a strong candidate in 2020 like he was in 2016.
Yes?
Did you think he didn’t?
It is, in fact, very bad. As is obvious from his long list of broken promises, Obama is part of the problem, and any advice he gives—indeed, the advice he’s now giving—won’t address what really needs to be done.
iirc when whats his face was proposing the amendment it was worded to exclude two in a row potuses. Basically custom written for Trump.
Trump v. Obama is the election race I want to stick around to see
No. We’re not doing that unconstitutional shit just because Republicans want a dictator. Obama’s half the reason the house and a significant number of state legislatures were lost to Republicans.
That race means American democracy is fully over. I already kinda think it is, but if that race happens there’s no “maybe we’ll come through this,” we’re just done for.
We’ve given up on the idea that laws mean things and will be enforced.
No we haven’t
Well that was easy.