Barack Obama's official neutrality during the Democratic primary has made it possible for multiple campaigns to snuggle up to his legacy. ed_kilgore writes
Everybody wants a piece of him. Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images You may have heard that Joe Biden’s connection to Barack Obama is an important part of his 2020 presidential campaign’s appeal – say, 80 percent of it. Indeed, it’s more than a bit ironic that someone who spent 34 years in the U.S. Senate and ran for the presidency twice before is relying so heavily on eight years of junior partnership to the 44th president.
This initiative came hard on the heels of a parallel announcement from Elizabeth Warren’s campaign, CNN reports: [B]ehind the scenes in recent months, former President Obama has gone to bat for Warren when speaking to donors reluctant to support her given her knocks on Wall Street and the wealthy. Another increasingly marginal candidate, Julian Castro, was an Obama cabinet secretary, though he has been running a largely anti-Establishment campaign.
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