Obama: I want to develop a new generation of Democratic talent

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Obama: I want to develop a new generation of Democratic talent

By Louis Nelson

12/19/16 08:17 AM EST


With his days in the White House numbered, President Barack Obama has begun considering the role he will play in rebuilding the Democratic Party after last month’s election left it nearly shattered following Donald Trump’s surprise presidential win.

Speaking to NPR in an interview recorded last week, Obama accepted some responsibility for his party’s failure to retain some of the rural and rust belt voters that supported him in 2008 and 2012 but voted for Trump last month. He said Democrats are by nature more attracted to addressing nationwide and international issues, a tendency that has allowed Republicans in recent years to build “from the ground up” in small, local races.

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[Maj. Bill Martin]

Obama: I want to develop a new generation of Democratic talent

There was absolutely nothing preventing him from trying to do that during the last eight years.  Except for the fact that every speech he gave was always about him first.

Negative coattails.

[sneakypete]

"Obama: I want to develop a new generation of Democratic talent"

Uh,huh. Teenage white boys walking past his newest mansion had better be very,VERY careful.