It’s difficult to doubt the intuition of former President Barack Obama.
Obama is a skilled politician who knows how to win. And, according to Axios, he is not unlike many prominent Democrats who are concerned that President Joe Biden is simply being too comfortable in his reelection campaign, to the point that he could lose in November to former President Donald Trump. He believes he needs help.
According to Axios, many Democrats, including former Obama political strategist David Axelrod, believe the election is “winnable but worrisome.” There is a growing concern that the Biden campaign is acting in a dangerously calm manner.
This concern is the reason Obama was invited to a private lunch meeting by Biden “in recent months” to discuss a more effective way to neutralize Trump. The meeting was first reported Saturday by The Washington Post.
Obama advised Biden to move his political operation and the flow in which critical decision-making occurs “outside of — and beyond — his White House advisers.” This is similar to what Obama did during his re-election campaign in 2012 with his own Chicago-based 2012 team.
“Obama also recommended that Biden seek counsel from Obama’s own former campaign aides, which Biden officials say they have done,” the Post reported.
Trump isn’t Biden’s only issue to contend with. Speculation like the recent prediction made by Michael Cembalest, chairman of market and investment strategy for J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management, that Biden will drop out of the race due to health reasons sometime after Super Tuesday can damage Biden’s viability in voters’ eyes.
