January 6, 2024

"Obama grew 'animated' in discussing the 2024 election... and has suggested to Biden’s advisers that the campaign needs more top-level decision-makers..."

"... at its headquarters in Wilmington, Del. — or it must empower the people already in place.... Obama’s conversation with Biden on the subject took place during a private lunch at the White House in recent months.... Obama has long harbored worries about Trump’s political strength, telling Biden during a different private lunch last summer that Trump is a more formidable candidate than many Democrats realize...."

Writes Tyler Pager, in "Obama, worried about Trump, urges Biden circle to bolster campaign/The former president shared his thoughts about the reelection campaign during a private lunch with Biden at the White House" (WaPo).

This article made me think of the old saying "Thanks, Obama!"

65 comments:

Michael said...

What, three terms aren’t enough?

chickelit said...

Obama is an easy read. He wants even more influence in the next Biden administration. Above all, he wants the wholly unelectable Kamela Harris to be installed.

Iman said...

Teh Big Zer0 just can’t keep his fundamental changing ass away from the reins of government. Sorry SOB.

Dave Begley said...

Why was this leaked?

rhhardin said...

Too many top level decision-makers overcooks the cookout hamburger.

gilbar said...

here's a related question: WHAT does Nikki Haley think she is running for?
it CAN'T be republican nomination, as she has successfully alienated MOST people in that party.
Nikki Haley Ruffles the Feathers of Iowa Voters With ‘Insulting’ Remarks in New Hampshire

She's Insulted De Santis.. And his supporters..
She's Insulted Trump.. and his supporters..
She's Insulted Vivek.. and his supporters..
Now, she's started on Insulting Entire States..
Which raises my serious question: WHAT does Nikki think she is running for?

Does she think that by insulting HALF of the people in the country, they will stay home and NOT Vote?
The ONLY way in hell, that i won't vote, is for HER. Shit DAMN! Biden would do a better job than her.
They're Both Psychopathic warmongers.. But, at least Biden is senile, and Openly Stupid

Quaestor said...

"...the campaign needs more top-level decision-makers."

More work for DOCTOR Jill Biden. For heaven's sake, doesn't she have enough edumuhkayshun stuff on her plate? Well, it just goes to show how all that book larnin don't get the taters hoed.

Darleen said...

Well, Obama would like a fourth term and then run Michelle for numbers 5 and 6.

Breezy said...

That O had to inform Biden about how formidable Trump is tells you all you need to know about Biden’s competency.

Old and slow said...

Think of everything he can accomplish in his fourth term! He won't need to constrain himself so much anymore. He can really cut loose. I can scarcely wait.

Josephbleau said...

As is well known, you don’t get information from what Pravda prints, you get information by understanding why Pravda is printing what it prints. Why does the wapo want us to know that Obama is meeting with Beiden’s advisers and telling them they are doing a shitty job?

1. Lets us know that Beiden is not in charge, Obama does not talk to Joe as a peer.
2. Obama can say “ I tried to save Joe, but he was too stupid to follow advice. It’s not my fault.”
3. Signals that he is still in the game and can easily take over when the time comes by electing Michelle.

Key points:

1. Joe is a failure and the smart Democrats are in triage.
2. Obama is still the answer to all life’s problems.
3. Pay no attention to the ranting Irishman behind the curtain, Dorothy is the one to go for.

Ice Nine said...

Shorter Obama: "Here's how this is going to work, Joe. So don't talk and don't get in the way, K??"

PM said...

Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.

NotWhoIUsedtoBe said...

If either Trump or Biden quits, his party will win the election. It's like a reverse game of chicken.

Sebastian said...

He "suggested," now, did he.

Josephbleau said...

"Obama grew 'animated' in discussing the 2024 election... and has suggested to Biden’s advisers that the campaign needs more top-level decision-makers... at its headquarters in Wilmington, Del. — or it must empower the people already in place...“

In other words, get your gen z staffers to shut up about their Palestinian heros.

wendybar said...

Thanks Obama for dividing the country AND for setting race relations back over 50 years.

Skeptical Voter said...

The man's ego knows no bounds. And of course Joe does what Obozo tells Joe's advisors to do--since Joe isn't really making any decisions.

planetgeo said...

I think it's cute the way Obama lets Joe think he's the President.

Aggie said...

Gee, and here I am left to wonder whether any names might have been mentioned.

tim in vermont said...

I seriously doubt that the Republicans can win if Trump quits, unless it’s for verified health reasons. Otherwise, it would be a demoralizing defeat for the majority of Republicans.

Drago said...

NotWhoIUsedtoBe: "If either Trump or Biden quits, his party will win the election. It's like a reverse game of chicken."

Dumbest post you'll read all day.

Haley or DeSantis will deliver 2008/2012 model results.

The "good" news is it would be over by 10pm ET so everyone can get some rest.

And, since the combined Dem/deep state/GOPe Lawfare Alliance to remove Trump from the campaign is, in my opinion, very likely to succeed, the above scenario is what I expect to see.

Limited blogger said...

How many levels above the presidency is the 'Top Level'?

Levi Starks said...

As far as I can tell there isn’t even a single top level decision maker as it stands.

Hegemonkey said...

What if ... Harvard offers Obama the position of university president?

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

“…suggested to Biden’s advisers that the campaign needs more top-level decision-makers... at its headquarters in Wilmington, Del.”

How good is Obama at his new found position as HR in chief?

Not counting that ousted Harvard president.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Shorter Obama:

Lie more.

Deceive more.

CIA Media more.

Lloyd W. Robertson said...

Didn't O say at one point something like: don't discount Joe's ability to fuck things up?

Narr said...

Remember all the lefty tropes about Steve Bannon allowing Trump his very own 'president's desk'?

Good times.

Narr said...

Remember all the lefty tropes about Steve Bannon allowing Trump his very own 'president's desk'?

Good times.

William said...

He grew so animated that he resembled Steamboat Willie according to one insider.

Money Manger said...

“according to three people familiar with the conversations” , who were then directed by Obama to talk to the Washington Post.

n.n said...

Obama, the Spring-board president.

n.n said...

With progressive climate change, Martha's Vineyard is predicted/modeled to be underwater, so the illegal aliens will self-deport, is one less "burden"... uh, burden for Obama et al.

Rabel said...

Is it fair to assume then that Obama had something to do with the absurd claims and threatening demeanor in yesterday's Biden speech?

Or did Biden take this approach on his own, ignoring less divisive recommendations from the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy?

n.n said...

Obama the animated intelligence (AI)? Sounds strangely diversitist.

Dude1394 said...

Just cannot get rid of that American hating POS.

Dude1394 said...

Nikki Haley,Desantis, Christie, Vivek are all aiding the democrats lawfare plans. They are all waiting for Trump to go down versus stepping down and supporting Trump against this corruption of law. They are on the side of the democrats.

Dude1394 said...

If Trump quits the republicans might have a chance. If he is forced out by the corrupt democrat courts forget it. I’ll be writing his name in and so will a lot of folks. McConnell can stuff it.

Old and slow said...

I'm currently re-watching The Sopranos. At one point, Tony gets a book about how to manage and manipulate elderly parents, and one of the key ideas is that you should think of them as recalcitrant children and occasionally let them believe that they are in charge, even though you still make all the decisions. Tony backs his Uncle Junior to become the supreme mob boss, and Uncle Junior is delighted! That is, until he realizes that the Feds are all after him, and he is just a figurehead.

I think Obama might have read the same book.

Michael K said...

Obama never had any "coat tails" and lost Congress in 2010. He was really a unique candidate in our history. I always thought he was an empty suit, but, like his autobiography, his history was always fiction. No college grades, how did he get into Harvard Law School?

Democrats get hysterical about Trump's tax returns. Someone in the IRS leaked his 1995 personal tax return to Rachel Maddow. She was excited until she saw that he had paid $25 million in income tax that year.

Obama has always been the man of mystery.

rehajm said...

The brain trust what run Biden ran Obama…

Drago said...

Dude1394: "Nikki Haley,Desantis, Christie, Vivek are all aiding the democrats lawfare plans. They are all waiting for Trump to go down versus stepping down and supporting Trump against this corruption of law. They are on the side of the democrats."

Vivek is most certainly, rhetorically, NOT aiding the dems lawfare plan.

The other 3 are central to the dems AND GOPe lawfare plans.

The DeSantis campaign was conceived, instigated, staffed and continues BECAUSE of the lawfare plans by all the usual GOPe and dem and globalist/Neocon/AmericaLast types.

Trump was supposed to be gone long ago but that didnt work out and now these guys are exposed. Even if Trump dropped out the low propenisty, rural, multi-racial working class voters that have flocked to Trump are NOT going to vote for any other republican candidates.

These never-before republican voters are currently Trump Only voters. In time, and with effort, these voters could become generational republican voters...except that probably wont happen because the GOPe, and even some republican posters at Althouse, despise these voters and those voters know it.

The GOPe desperately wants a full and complete return to a 2004 political, governing, demographic and messaging framework...a framework that was sent packing in 2008 and can never return.

Bob Boyd said...

"Bolster"
Is that like fortify?

gilbar said...

Here's the Age Old, fun question..
IF Joe Biden retires/dies/etc..
WHO do the dems have replace him??
The ONLY viable option is Moochelle O'Bama; and i'm not sure about her

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

precious Drago - Trump adoration man-love obsession rots the brain.

Oso Negro said...

I must say, I have evolved from not voting in 2016 to being eager to vote this year for Trump and hoping he does TWICE what the Democrats fear he will do.

Josephbleau said...

“precious Drago - Trump adoration man-love obsession rots the brain.”

I am going to be fine over my expected lifetime whether crazy Irish Joe or trump wins so I can winter on the beach and summer in vail, and not care. I do care for my nation, but if all the young folks want to cut off tits and dicks, go at it, have fun. Kill all the babys. Greta, make people freeze, ill burn spruce pine. It’s your arena.




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Ambrose said...

As often, the real story here is who leaked this and why. Tyler Pager knows, but he is not telling us.

Readering said...

I want to vote for Obama again. Some amendment to the Constitution says no dice.

285exp said...

The wages of Obama was Trump.

boatbuilder said...

These never-before republican voters are currently Trump Only voters. In time, and with effort, these voters could become generational republican voters...except that probably wont happen because the GOPe, and even some republican posters at Althouse, despise these voters and those voters know it.

Yup. I would add that those voters despise the GOPe in return.

What a horribly fumbled opportunity. Trump gets some blame, as well as huge amounts of credit, but the evident, overwhelming and implacable disdain of the Republican establishment for the Tea Party/Limbaugh/Reagan voter as well as for the working class has been the greatest disappointment in the eyes of this genuine "life-long Republican" voter.

Sad.

iowan2 said...

Or did Biden take this approach on his own, ignoring less divisive recommendations from the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy?

Stop with the idiocy of Biden making any decision on his own. He is surrounded by a tight inner circle that direct his every move, Anything important,ordered by Obama.

Obama is the only President of the Harvard Review, that never published an article in the law review.

Obama is the only President of the United States to live in DC after they left office.

Much like the Biden Crime family you have to ask your self. What exactly are they doing, if not evil?
What did the $30 million pay for. Why does Obama have to be in DC?

Drago said...

I stand w Isreal. Leftists, Mullahs, Hamas-Palistinian terrorists can suck it: "precious Drago - Trump adoration man-love obsession rots the brain."

I am sorry to see you are not adapting well to the fact your GOPe candidates are not resonating with voters and would deliver quick McCain/Romney type losses.

Not to worry though. Your GOPe heroes, working hand in glove with their dem/deep state allies should be able to remove Trump from the process this year.

So you'll get your dream GOPe candidate!

So why arent you celebrating?

Drago said...

Readering: "I want to vote for Obama again. Some amendment to the Constitution says no dice."

An amendment that explicitly applies to the President.

Unlike say, the 14th, Sec 3.

And unlike the Presidential Records Act.

There now. You're welcome.

BTW, have you been keeping up with the supposed collapse of Tesla due to Musk's purchase of Twitter?

LOL

Yeah, that's not working out for you either, is it?

You know the best tell on that reality: Dumb Lefty Mark hasnt popped in with any lefty smear attempts lately.

Its gotta be killin' him...and you.

Drago said...

boatbuilder: "What a horribly fumbled opportunity. Trump gets some blame, as well as huge amounts of credit, but the evident, overwhelming and implacable disdain of the Republican establishment for the Tea Party/Limbaugh/Reagan voter as well as for the working class has been the greatest disappointment in the eyes of this genuine "life-long Republican" voter."

Indeed.

These are the voters that know just how much they are hated by the " I stand w Isreal. Leftists, Mullahs, Hamas-Palistinian terrorists can suck it" (Boulder, CO chick) types who seem to believe that the only "independents" worth pursuing are the suburban, socially left, dem adjacent gals.

The last thing these dumbos want is a plan to incorporate this massive and diverse wave of working class and working poor voters into the republican party.

You'd need a shrink to try to understand the mentality. In DC we know its because the GOPe-ers have been bought off or compromised or are simply dems to begin with. But for the GOPe supporters in the base, like Boulder gal, there's something else going on.

Tina Trent said...

Indeed, Drago. Blame the Kochs, in bed with Soros for a good 20 years now.

Dude1394 said...

Blogger boatbuilder said...
These never-before republican voters are currently Trump Only voters. In time, and with effort, these voters could become generational republican voters...except that probably wont happen because the GOPe, and even some republican posters at Althouse, despise these voters and those voters know it.

Yup. I would add that those voters despise the GOPe in return.

What a horribly fumbled opportunity. Trump gets some blame, as well as huge amounts of credit, but the evident, overwhelming and implacable disdain of the Republican establishment for the Tea Party/Limbaugh/Reagan voter as well as for the working class has been the greatest disappointment in the eyes of this genuine "life-long Republican" voter.

Sad."

Very true, the current leadership of the GOP is toxic. They are perpetual losers. McConnell/McDaniel. They TRULY are RINOs.

chickelit said...

Obama installs Harris as POTUS shortly after her re-election as VP. Harris in turn names Christine Gay as Secretary of Ed. The future is crystal clear.

mikee said...

Obama, like most other prog leftists, fails to understand that it is loathing of progressive leftism that is the root of Trump's successes, not anything inherent about Trump. Should Trump evaporate into thin air overnight, that loathing remains. Prog leftists have the self awareness of a block of lard, and the appeal to most people of pus.

Drago said...

Dude1394: "Very true, the current leadership of the GOP is toxic. They are perpetual losers. McConnell/McDaniel. They TRULY are RINOs."

Worse, as reflected on this very blog by the Usual GOPe suspects, these buffoons really do believe that all the Rubicons the dems/deep state have crossed leading us pell mell into a complete meltdown of the republic, that just getting rid of Trump and simpering back up to the "reasonable" dems/deep staters (like a Bill Barr) can lead us back to a gentler, kinder, HW Bushian-like reality.

Its amazing to watch in real time.

Drago said...

Tina Trent: "Indeed, Drago. Blame the Kochs, in bed with Soros for a good 20 years now."

I dont blame the Koch's for being who they are. They have their vested interests, which are transparently obvious, and often work in an America Last direction.

I blame supposedly keen watchers of the business and political realms for fooling themselves into thinking these dudes were Small Govt Libertarian types simply because they deviated a bit on some of the wackier leftist dogma.

Yancey Ward said...

"Obama installs Harris as POTUS shortly after her re-election as VP. Harris in turn names Christine Gay as Secretary of Ed. The future is crystal clear."

Yeah, our reality is likely that stupid. I will bookmark this because your prediction is likely to be correct.

Butkus51 said...

They cheated in 2016 and were shocked. They didnt make the same mistake twice. Hence covid.

They will suspend the election to "save democracy" and/or create chaos.

All theories will be debunked immediately

seals will clap

Butkus51 said...

They cheated in 2016 and were shocked. They didnt make the same mistake twice. Hence covid.

They will suspend the election to "save democracy" and/or create chaos.

All theories will be debunked immediately

seals will clap