Joe Biden is the President….
But he ain’t doing the heavy lifting for Democrats….
His poll numbers won’t let him…..
Barack Obama is back with the assignment…
We’ll see how successful he’ll be……
“Georgia deserves better,” Obama said.
With midterm elections just over a week away, Obama, 61, has stepped into the spotlight on the political stage with rallies to gin up interest in marquee midterm races in battleground states.
A day after appearing in Georgia with Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, who is in a tight race with Walker, and Stacey Abrams, who is trailing in her rematch with Gov. Brian Kemp, Obama headlined rallies in Michigan and Wisconsin.
The former president is regarded as the Democratic Party’s top communicator to base voters, more in demand than President Biden, who has not been the sought-after surrogate in the top races amid a dismal approval rating. The president spent one of the busiest campaign weekends of the cycle at his home in Delaware, where he attended his granddaughter’s field hockey game and, separately, cast his ballot.
Democratic strategists say Obama is the sole party leader able to draw major base-motivating crowds without simultaneously angering the other side….
image….AP News