Friday, July 19, 2019

Fighting Obama nostaglia

The Federalist looks at how Netroots Nation feels about President Obama's legacy - and Joe Biden using that in his 2020 presidential bid.
For a crowd that thrives on accusing America of perpetuating white supremacy, progressives seem to have little fondness for America’s first black president. In a campaign where progressives preach the need to energize voters of color, they seem indifferent to the preferences of black voters. The left prefers a well-known candidate such as Warren (with an almost equally well-known likability problem), who polls in single digits with this crucial constituency, all the while telling themselves they can make people of color like her. If you wrote this as fiction, editors would reject it as unrealistic.

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