Obama Meeting With Possible Presidential Candidates Including Bernie

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Barack Obama has been quietly meeting with a number of possible Democratic contenders for the 2020 presidential race, multiple sources tell Politico and CNN. Potential candidates including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, and Deval Patrick have had one-on-one sitdowns with the former president at his Washington office in recent months, though, sources say, the subject of the 2020 race hasn’t come up in many of the conversations.

Rather, Obama is eager to discuss the Democratic Party’s prospects in both the midterms and the 2020 election and how those prospects can be improved in order to push back against President Trump and his policies, and is looking to act as a “sounding board” for those likely to play a large role in the party’s future. Obama will, however, offer his opinion on campaigns and campaigning against Trump specifically, and his help getting donors and party VIPs to return calls.

Obama has also met with Cory Booker, Eric Garcetti, Eric Holder, and lesser-known potential 2020 candidates including former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu; South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Peter Buttigieg; and former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.

Democratic leaders who aren’t presidential candidates have been to his office as well, including Harry Reid and multiple senators; Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and the DNC chair have spoken to him by phone. Obama has even had conversations with Republicans including John McCain and Trump critic Jeff Flake.

Politico notes that donors and others in the party have hoped Obama would take a more public anti-Trump stance, and though he has not done that yet, privately he’s urging contributions to the DNC. He is also planning to campaign starting in the fall, initially focusing on down-ballot races. He is not expected to endorse a 2020 presidential candidate until a nominee has emerged.

Edited Via Newser.

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Bill Formby
5 years ago

Searching the landscape for the nexT Democratic hopeful is like scanning the horizon with binoculars without removing the lens caps.. This is not necessarily a bad thing because it means Trump and his minions have no target yet. I do not know what to do about Rudi Guiliani.

jess
Reply to  Bill Formby
5 years ago

Well there are the Castro brothers from Texas, Kamala Harris, maybe Adam Schiff he has been doing the lawd’s work against dolt45 lately. Ted Lieu is out because he was born in Taiwan. I swear, if they put Joe Biden forward I will scream the scream of the banshee but I will vote for him.

jess
5 years ago

I don’t know how many times Elizabeth Warren has to say I am not running for president before people believe her. Bernie is going to be the Ron Paul of the left isn’t he? We need some new people dems, get some new people to run for things.

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