As he speaks to a virtual Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, party insiders hope Barack Obama can reassure voters that Joe Biden can usher in a sense of 'normalcy' after four years of President Donald Trump.
at the convention, compared with 91% who said the same of Biden or his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. The same CBS survey found 63% of Democrats want to hear liberal superstar Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., compared to roughly 58% who said the same of 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
That’s part of the reason Democratic operatives predict Obama will look to deliver an aspirational address, touting Biden as a traditional candidate who can Despite the affection, which former aides say is genuine, there have been cracks in the bromance, some of which have been brought back to the fore in recent weeks.
Antoine Banks, a University of Maryland political scientist, predicted that Obama's role in the 2020 campaign will be the most consequential for a former president. But there's a risk with the approach, Banks warned: Relying on Obama's popularity and mass appeal with the party too much could mean overshadowing the current candidates.
That's a line Trump has used frequently, dating back to before the 2016 election. Independent fact checkers have found there is data to back up the claim, when measured by the average rate of annual economy growth. But economists also point out that the recovery that began under Obama was the longest in modern U.S. history.
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