“The short-term strategy is, win the House of Representatives,” stated the former president, garnering applause. “Because that’s going to be the circuit breaker that will give us control of one major component of the federal government. With that as a bulwark, we’re now able to block some of the worst impulses that are coming out of this White House.”
The former president laid out a two-pronged strategy for Democrats: to reclaim a House majority next year, and to work on honing the party’s messaging in the coming years.
“Long term, let’s tell a story, a better story about who we are as Americans and what we share,” Obama said, according to excerpts shared with CBS News. “We have to tell the story that makes people who feel outside that process, we’ve got to bring them back in.”
Back on planet earth, where you may live, he did in fact abdicate his influence as the head of the Democratic Party and then disappeared to relax on the beach as is American tradition of presidents staying out of politics.
There is a working theory among the world’s forefront experts that Obama was not only imperfect but actually did some really bad stuff too. But that’s just a theory…like gravity
This the same Obama who routinely comes out and chastises black men for not voting how he thinks they should? Or maybe the same Obama who has been doing his best to cape for Israel?
Whichever Obama made those phone calls to ensure Bernie lost the primary