"Behind the scenes, Obama has been deeply engaged in conversations about the future of Biden’s campaign, taking calls from many anxious Democrats..."

"... including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and has shared his views about the president’s challenges, according to people with knowledge of the calls, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations....  Pelosi has taken an even more active role behind the scenes, resisting efforts by Biden to end the debate about his continued candidacy, according to people familiar with her efforts...  Obama, perhaps the party’s most revered figure, has tried to keep a lower profile.... [S]ome of Biden’s aides have fumed about Obama’s role in these conversations, blaming him for not keeping the party united behind Biden’s candidacy...."

From "Obama tells allies Biden’s path to winning reelection has greatly diminished/The former president, hugely influential in the party, has told associates that Biden’s path to victory has significantly shrunk" (WaPo).

We're told "Biden aides say Obama could have stopped Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney, a close friend of the former president, from writing an op-ed in the New York Times that called on Biden to drop out of the presidential race...." Yes, he could have, and he didn't. It's sort of as if Obama had written the op-ed. Poor Obama! So "revered" he must "keep a low profile." It's almost as if we can't know what he thinks. And yet we do know, don't we?

By the way, what's up with the "perhaps" — "Obama, perhaps the party’s most revered figure"? Who else is in the running?