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Obama tells allies Biden’s path to winning reelection has greatly diminished
(www.washingtonpost.com)
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Obama sees his role as a sounding board and counselor to his former vice president, telling allies that he feels protective of Biden.In these conversations, Obama has said he thinks Biden has been a great president and wants to protect his accomplishments, which could be in jeopardy if Republicans control the White House and both chambers of Congress next year.
Obama, perhaps the party’s most revered figure, has tried to keep a lower profile, hoping to draw on his longtime friendship with Biden, his former running mate and vice president.
Former Obama advisers who continue to comment publicly on politics, from his counselor David Axelrod to a group of more junior aides who now run the Crooked Media podcast company, are among the most vocal Democrats arguing that Biden may no longer have a path to victory.
The Post previously reported that Obama has shared concerns about Biden’s path forward after the debate and that the two presidents spoke in the days after.
Movie mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, a top Biden campaign official, sought to stop Clooney, a longtime friend of his, from publishing the piece but was unsuccessful, according to a person familiar with his outreach.
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