Has Obama Been Meddling in the 2020 Democratic Primaries?
Matt Vespa
Posted: Mar 06, 2020 12:45 AM
Former President Barack Obama is keeping a low-profile. He’s not working to screw over Bernie Sanders. He’s not really following the race. He doesn’t talk about politics all that much—but now he’s closely keeping tabs. Whatever the case, Obama’s confidants have done well in muddying the waters as to what the popular Democrat in recent memory has been up to in his post-White House life. Sort of. Perhaps, we probably should have known that Obama was glued to this race. He is after all probably irritated like no other that Donald Trump is pretty much undoing all that he did in eight years in just three. He wants to beat Trump. He’s too smart, too engaged, and too in the thick of all of this to just not care.
Reportedly, he recently told Sanders’ inner circle that he’s not out to derail his candidacy after stories of him possible intervening if it looked like the Vermont leftist was running away with the nomination. Sanders and Obama have had a rocky relationship, with the former mulling a primary challenge to Obama in 2012. It was a move that spurred then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to intervene and put the kibosh on Bernie’s attempted plot to take out Obama.
Whatever the case, Sen. Amy Klobuchar is out. Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is out. And now, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is out. The establishment wing of the Democratic Party has their guy: Joe Biden. And on Super Tuesday, the bumbling, gaffe-prone former VP delivered punishment to his opponents, specifically Bernie Sanders. Biden, who was on life support, is now the frontrunner. He’s leading in the delegate count due to his domination in the South, where black Democrats flocked to his banner. In Texas and Virginia, two delegate heavy states, it was the same deal. Black voters broke heavily for him. In Virginia, Biden nabbed 52 percent of the late decider vote. Bernie has done well with Latinos, but in Texas, the black vote and the suburbs led to Biden clinching an upset win in the Lone Star state. Bernie clinched wins in the West, but as Nate Cohn of The New York Times noted, as this contest moves East—it’s Joe Biden territory. So, that slight delegate lead Joe enjoys could quickly increase, becoming another instance where the crusty lefty is faced with an opponent with an insurmountable lead.
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