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Obama Tells Biden He Wont Endorse Yet
March 1, 2020 at 9:26 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 52 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/01/obama-tells-biden-he-wont-endorse-yet/
"SNIP......
In former President Barack Obamas conversation with Joe Biden after the South Carolina primary the first congratulatory call the former president has been able to make to his former vice president during the 2020 campaign Obama made clear he was planning to stay on the sidelines and not offer an endorsement in the race, CNN reports.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)He probably wants to wait until the outcome is a little clearer.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
applegrove
(118,672 posts)feelings as Obama celebrates either Biden or Bernie's primary win with the Democrats step up for the toughest GE fight ever.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Moderateguy
(945 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
It is customary to avoid announcing until after the primary. Some Democratic organizations have this written into their bylaws.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
highplainsdem
(48,993 posts)But more importantly, Obama still thinks his most valuable role is to try and unify the party.
"He feels that he's singularly positioned to help unify the party at the end of this," the Obama confidant said. "And if he were try to put his thumb on the scale now, it would take away his ability to do so when it's most needed -- the general election."
The person added: "So he's prepared to play a vigorous role in coalescing the party around the nominee and working to defeat Trump, but weighing in now likely only divides things worse and weakens his standing for when the Party will need it most."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)of what tradition and principle dictate, he has no crystal ball to assume him his decisions will turn out to be the right ones in these very perilous times for democracy.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DrToast
(6,414 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,261 posts)from President Obama.. it puts his Name Out There!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,716 posts)And I shudder to think about how certain Twitter feeds would blow up if he endorsed Biden right now. If we think it's been ugly so far...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)He should not endorse until the nominee is chosen, or at the very least, completely inevitable.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Mr.Bill
(24,296 posts)Once in 2008 and again in 2012.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
pattyloutwo
(279 posts)Women make better leaders, and most of the worlds problems can be attributed to old men.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)But he's not going to tell anyone about it. The way the article was written seemed to suggest that, and I'd be really surprised if he voted for anyone else anyway. But we'll probably never know. I think Obama is right not to weigh in until everyone gets the chance to vote.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Faux pas
(14,681 posts)hmmmm.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided