Obama needs to step in at this point, endorse a mainstream candidate

[Alhena]

and warn about Bernie. I appreciate Obama wanting to let the process play out, but the Sanders tweet tonight should be the last straw. We shouldn't just walk arm-in-arm with Bernie off this cliff without at least warning the public about where we are headed. Obama's the only guy I can think of with the credibility to make a lot of people listen to that warning.

[guillaumeb]

1. Obama could endorse Warren.

That would provide her with a big boost.

[Alhena]

2. Whichever one he thinks is best, we just can't nominate Sanders or Trump will appoint 2 more SCOTUS

judges. Think what a 7-2 Republican majority on the court would mean.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. He could do that. Biden is probably more likely, but at this point

I'd love to see him endorse pretty much anyone who isn't Bernie. The Sandernistas would get their pure and righteous undies in a bunch, but somebody has to stop this disaster.

[Desert grandma]

4. Yes. I wish he would.

Someone else mentioned that all 4 former Presidents should have a news conference about this Russian interference. I too, wish Obama would endorse a candidate. This is not a normal election. Like Sally Yates tweeted about the ringing red alarm bells, something has to change the trajectory of this race. Otherwise, Trump and Putin win.

[elleng]

5. NO

[maximusveritas]

6. He needs to, but everything I've heard is that he wants to remain out of it until the convention

so that he will have more ability to pull the party together at that moment when it is most in danger of being fractured. Of course, it looks like it may be too late by then, so I too hope he reconsiders.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. That's what ex-presidents normally do, but things are no longer normal.

The party is already being fractured by Bernie's attacks on the Democratic "establishment," of which Obama is the most prominent member, with Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi close second and third. And then there are Adam Schiff and the other Democrats who impeached Trump - and Bernie and his hired trolls are implicitly trashing those people. The "establishment." The only people who actually tried to do something about Trump besides just shooting off their mouths.

[RockRaven]

8. Obama's in an impossible position, imo, because Biden is in the race.

Damned if he does endorse Biden (nepotism, undue influence, putting his thumb on the scale, cynically paying back favors, etc), damned if he doesn't (this cluster-f**k we've got going on today, plus *controversy* *disloyalty* *betrayal* oh my!)

Again only my opinion, and a rather ignorant one at that b/c I've never spoken to any of these people myself, but I do not think Biden is the candidate who is most like Obama in fundamental characteristics -- I think Warren is the closest to Obama in temperament, intellect, policy instincts. I would not be bothered if Obama endorsed either Biden or Warren, but lord almighty the media would soil themselves if Obama came out with an endorsement.

[David__77]

9. I suppose if he saw fit to endorse someone, he might do so.

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[Moderateguy]

10. I vehemently disagree

Obama is a former President and one of the most cherished Democrats in the country. He needs to stay out until the party needs to unify around a nominee. We, the voters, have to work towards making sure that a person who constantly bashes democrats is not the nominee

[oasis]

11. All Obama need do is vocally promote the fact that "establishment

Democrats" are the foundation of the Democratic Party. Such a statement would demonstrate Obama's support for any candidate who falls within the mainstream of our party.