Obama Reportedly Told a Dem Candidate that Joe Biden 'Really Doesn't Have' Bond With Voters

[JoeOtterbein]

[link:https://www.mediaite.com/print/obama-reportedly-told-a-dem-candidate-that-joe-biden-really-doesnt-have-bond-with-voters/|

By Ken Meyer Nov 26th, 2019, 9:31 am

A new report on former President Barack Obama suggests the former president doesn’t have faith in Joe Biden’s chances to connect with voters and win the 2020 election.

Politico released an article about numerous 2020 Democratic candidates who met Obama at his office in D.C. this year, seeking his advice on how to win with their campaigning efforts. The article says that as Obama provided advice to the candidates who met with him, it also gave him a chance to learn about them so he and his advisers can figure out who is the most likely person to defeat President Donald Trump.

Here are some of Obama’s biggest takeaways so far, via Politico:

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more at link

[hlthe2b]

1. According to your article, it says he (Biden) didn't "have it" in Iowa, not in general

while referring to his own waxing and waning history in Iowa. The article title is very misleading, IMO. One need only look at South Carolina voters to know that global statement is misleading.

[BannonsLiver]

6. It's just more garbage from Politico

Which was founded by a RWNJ and exists solely to advance the GOP messaging agenda and to perpetuate the horse race narrative that has been highly destructive to our politics. It’s basically Star magazine for politics.

[Hortensis]

2. Consider the source. Come on, Otterbein. Use some of the

time you invest to post something positive and completely honest about one of our good liberal Democratic candidates.

Note that most of the context is missing. Even as it is, imo, 90% of this is in the hit-job headline, making running to post it a for-shame. No to 2016 redux.

[Me.]

5. This

[Hortensis]

9. Lol, who'd believe Obama thinks Biden doesn't connect?

Biden's by far the most well-liked male politician in the nation after Obama himself, and longer. That missing context in what Otterbein chose to post isn't "suspicious" at all. Everyone knows why it's missing.

[Me.]

14. Nunes?

[George II]

3. "Reportedly"

[FM123]

4. "And you know who really doesn't have it? Joe Biden."

I know this is Ryan Lizza from Politico, a trusted journalist, BUT I am having a hard time believing that our President Obama would actually come out and just say this to one of our Dem candidates....

[BannonsLiver]

7. Didn't Lizza get caught up in #MeToo?

Im not sure how trusted he is.

[katmondoo]

12. Obama would never say that never!!

[Thekaspervote]

8. Why post this trash? Gotta continue to knock on the front runner regardless

[BannonsLiver]

11. Also dupe posted it in another OP

Classy.

[beastie boy]

10. On edit: Politico's Lizza said that an unidentified candidate said that Obama said that

Joe Biden doesn't have the same bond with voters in Iowa as he did in 2008, when he was the Obama's VP pick. None of it confirmed by any reference to any source.

A far cry from "Obama Reportedly Told a Dem Candidate that Joe Biden 'Really Doesn't Have' Bond With Voters".

[LanternWaste]

13. Swing and a miss!

It's only Tuesday, there's still a few days left in the short week to throw something against the wall in hope that it sticks.

Good luck!

[Skya Rhen]

15. Obama Said He Would Speak Up To Stop Bernie Sanders Nomination: Report

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obama-bernie-sanders-2020-nomination_n_5ddd31a1e4b00149f724793b

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Former President Barack Obama, who has so far taken a neutral position publicly on the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, privately indicated he would speak up to stop Bernie Sanders from becoming the party’s nominee should the Vermont senator make significant gains, Politico reported Tuesday.


Snip...

Another close Obama friend reportedly told Lizza that “Bernie’s not a Democrat.” (Sanders serves as an independent in the Senate, but caucuses with Democrats.)

[kacekwl]

17. Why on Democratic underground

is this necessary ?

[killaphill]

18. Why should it not be?

This is the Democratic Primaries Forum. This was stated (reportedly) by President Obama. Should we ignore it? Pretend he DIDN'T say it?

[LanternWaste]

19. Allegedly, not reportedly.

Pretense, indeed.

[kacekwl]

21. Exactly.

What purpose does it serve ? If you or Obama for that matter doesn't like Biden so what. Should he drop out or what. Don't vote for him if you don't want to.

[Cha]

20. Spreading rumors.

[highplainsdem]

22. LOL! Jeez, people, just how likely do you think it would be for Obama to take a nasty swipe

at Biden and to do so right after bragging about his own "intimate bond" with the electorate, especially in Iowa?

I can't imagine Obama doing either of those things, as the Politico story claims he did:

With one candidate, he pointed out that during his own 2008 campaign, he had an intimate bond with the electorate, especially in Iowa, that he no longer has. Then he added, “And you know who really doesn’t have it? Joe Biden.”

Either Lizza made this up, or the unnamed candidate or an unnamed source in the unnamed candidate's campaign made this up.

This story has ZERO credibility.