How much of what we’re seeing in Biden’s fall is really Obama?
When the history of this extraordinary two-week period of American politics is written, the fingerprints of Obama and Pelosi will be far more apparent than currently known, people familiar with the matter tell CNN, as the Democratic elders have served as a guidepost for a party in panic.
What that really means is the Dems are short of leadership. Biden can’t really provide it. But with him in the way, no one else can either.
Donors have been applying their pressure and so have the politicians they fund. But only Biden can step down. And Biden has plenty of grudges against Obama from both 2016, where he was sidelined in favor of Hillary, and 2020 where Obama dragged out his endorsement. Obama knows he can’t just tell Biden to drop out. It could backfire.
So where are Obama’s fingerprints?
There are proxies doing that dirty work, including a lot of Obama vets, and lately George Clooney, who ran his op-ed past Obama, and that’s beginning to turn some Bidenites against Obama.
Apart from the far Left, some of the loudest high-profile voices urging Biden not to run or to step down were coming from people in Obama’s orbit like David Axelrod. But if this was supposed to be slick, it’s not.
I don’t doubt that Barry’s little elves are about, acting as anonymous inside sources, working the phones, calling reporters, and spreading the same material about Biden we keep seeing throughout the media.
As has been noted, Clooney seemed to be echoing a line from Ben Rhodes, the Obama whisperer, a close adviser and speechwriter who was expert at seeding the media with narratives, raising the question of whether the op-ed had actually been written by Obama’s people.
How much of what we’re seeing is really a collection of upset party insiders and how much of it is Obamaworld?
Article posted with permission from Daniel Greenfield
