Pelosi and Obama privately voiced worries about Biden.
spoke with more than a dozen members of Congress, operatives and multiple people in touch with both Obama and Pelosi, many of whom say that the end for Biden’s candidacy feels clear and at this point it’s just a matter of how it plays out, even after Thursday night’s news conference.
And if those two feel otherwise, several leading Democrats say, they need to say that clearly as soon as possible before even more damage is done less than four months before the election.
Numerous colleagues of Pelosi are looking to her to put a stop to the chaos that has beset Democrats over the past two weeks. For a significant portion of them, that conclusion can occur if and when Hillary informs Biden that he must withdraw. After the debate, Pelosi has communicated with Biden, but she has made it plain that she does not consider the California Democrat's decision to remain in the race to be final. However, she refused to respond further through an aide.
Many prominent Democrats feel that Obama has left them floundering by maintaining the same stance that has essentially defined his post-presidency, following his choice to refrain from making any public comments for two weeks. He wrote on X following the debate, "It's not always a good debate night." The night following Biden's performance, he repeated the phrase "Trust me, I know" at a New York fundraiser for House Democrats. The former president had no intention of making a public statement, but Obama and Biden campaign officials worked together to release the post in a way that echoed Biden career talking points that Obama's 2012 first reelection debate went badly as well, though it didn't ultimately lead to the end of his campaign.
But among the most awful hidden mysteries in Washington is Obama's growing misgivings about his friend's chances of winning reelection. According to sources acquainted with the situation, Obama and Pelosi's fingerprints will be even more noticeable than they are now when the history of this remarkable two-week period in American politics is written. This is because the Democratic elders have guided a party that is terrified.
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Commenting on a basis of anonymity so as not to be perceived as disparaging Biden, a lifelong Democrat connected to all of these individuals told. "They are standing by the President Biden to make an agreement on his own." The Biden team chose not to respond. Those who have spoken with Obama claim that he has been taking additional requests than he is making. When he does speak with nervous Democratic officials and contributors, he has been made listening more than speaking and has taken care to avoid expressing stances that he believes will soon come to light.
Obama has refuted the idea that he could pressure Biden in any manner even if he desired to in talks with a few Democrats over the last two weeks, highlighting their enduringly complex but devoted relationship. Furthermore, since leaving the White House and their weekly breakfasts there eight years ago, the two had a conversation far shorter than many of their advisors have frequently hinted at. This has made their separation even more difficult.
One veteran 2020 campaign aide surmised, 'Biden will say, 'Well, Mr. President, you previously employed that microchip in 2015 and it earned us President Trump.'' "I believe it would make him more stoic." Obama also detests providing Trump, who is incessantly agitated by him, with any fresh information by becoming actively involved.
Obama questioned the wisdom of subjecting any presidential contender to such rigorous schedule even while travelling there. This week, Clooney begged Biden to stand down in a column published in The Times newspaper, saying, "He was exactly the same gentleman we all experienced at the debate." Those remarks outraged some Biden supporters, who conjectured that President was behind Clooney's opinion piece. The actor's pal, the former president, knew it would be moving but did nothing to avert it. That was a sign of profound betrayal to some Biden supporters, but to some Obama supporters, it was a means of maintaining his impartiality.
Many House Democrats thought the worst could be over for Obama as they emerged from their personal caucus conference on Tuesday morning. Members who had previously demanded that Biden resign made up the majority of the anti-Biden comments made during the meeting. Then, on Wednesday morning, Pelosi made a long-awaited appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," using the opportunity to put serious doubt on the president's candidature on a programme he is known to watch. In private, she was advising colleagues not to humiliate Biden when the leaders of NATO were in town. However, a greater number of Democrats interpreted her remarks as a green light to publish statements demanding that Biden resign.
