President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

JD Vance plays polo

 

What do you think Secret Service has nicknamed him? My money is on Lazy Boy.

 

IIRC, previous presidents NEVER make an endorsement until a candidate is clear of opponents. Obama waited until Biden was in the clear before giving the endorsement in 2020, to the amusement of conservatives wondering why Obama didn't endorse his VP immediately.

If you don't do that, you risk someone else getting it but being branded with "the previous president didn't even endorse him/her" tag.

 

[Flash forward to Jan. 6, 2021]

FOREGROUND: A guillotine outside the Capitol building…

 

His aides we speaking to reporters pretty regularly through the week. The initial message was he didn't want to put a thumb on the scale and would not endorse until after the convention in case a serious challenger emerged.

Once Harris cleared the field, it just became a matter of timing.

 

Ethan Fallen

 

Kind of akin to wondering if Obama’s endorsement is the equivalent of a bullet, a fragment or some other debris.

 

Waaaaaay ahead of you, good sir. As unhinged as Mark Robinson ... and, for those paying attention, you know that's a mouthful.

Thanks for putting out the word.

 

JD Vance still wears Polo cologne.

 

Colbert opened with it last night and I started cheering.

couch fucker.

 

Considering how involved TeamObama has been in all of this - the PodBros, Axelrod etc. I fully concur with the idea that he was the "closer." If something "popped up" with regard to Harris, a rival dropping some serious oppo - (it wasn't just GOPers trashing her in the early days of the Biden administration) - Obama could come in as the grand unifier or whatever. It also fully cements Obama as the new king of the party. It isn't the Clinton's party anymore.