Barack Obama hit the campaign trail for Kamala Harris far earlier than expected.
The panic on the Left reached even Barack Obama.
And Barack Obama realized one scary fact about the 2024 election.
Barack Obama understands his legacy is on the line
The political fortunes of the Democrat Party and control over government aren’t the only things at stake in the 2024 election.
Barack Obama’s legacy is on the line.
In 2016, the American people rejected Hillary Clinton – Obama’s hand-picked successor – in favor of Donald Trump.
Rather than fade into the background like ex-Presidents are supposed to, Obama broke norms and remained in D.C. upon leaving office to run a shadow government to oppose Donald Trump.
CNN is now reporting that Obama is going pedal-to-the-medal for Kamala Harris, believing that a Trump win means his Presidency was a historical fluke, and that he pushed the country too far to the left.
“If the Vice President wins, Obama will feel vindicated, and in many ways, will be released to more of the post-presidency he’d been hoping for since right before he called to congratulate Trump on election night 2016 — the first time (and ultimately one of the few times) the two spoke,” CNN reported.
“If Trump wins, Obama might be seen as the aberration in the history of American politics, rather than Trump and his nativist authoritarianism. Obama acolytes have spent the last eight years rationalizing Trump as the last gasp backlash to the Democrat and his presidency,” the CNN report continued.
Is Obama’s help welcome?
But Obama may be doing more harm than good.
Obama set off for Pennsylvania where he attacked black men – a demographic Donald Trump is making significant inroads with – as disloyal to the race, and sexists for not supporting Kamala Harris in significant numbers.
“With the energy around Harris flagging, the prods he debuted in Pittsburgh go far beyond how he called out young Black men: viciously mocking Trump as an out-of-touch and self-centered whiner, tearing into Trump’s claims of credit for managing a good economy, then finishing with a long ‘Why would we go along with this?’ section about Trump’s division and disinformation that betrayed Obama’s deep frustration with the Republican nominee’s hold on America,” CNN reported.
This line of attack didn’t go over well.
Obama drew a smaller than normal crowd.
“The fact that he has not been in the day-to-day political scene, people don’t see him in the partisan muck that everybody else does,” Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis told CNN. “You have to think about the type of people who naturally show up to political rallies. It’s not just the crowd here, it’s the crowd that’s watching at home.”
And even loyal supporters, who worshiped Obama for his eight years in office, took Obama to task for his messaging.
“The party has to stop scapegoating Black men,” actor Wendell Pierce wrote on social media about Obama’s remarks.
“This accusatorial tone will make some Black men stay home — which is worse,” Pierce added. “Black men are questioning our party to find out what their loyalty for decades earns them. That’s good. That’s healthy.”
Obama – like the rest of the Democrat Party – is growing increasingly desperate in the final weeks of the campaign, as the 44th President begins to realize his place in history is on the line.
But desperation can also lead to panicked decision making and mistakes.
