Barack Obama the "puppet master". The power behind the throne, as it were...
A portion of an article from the New York Times today:
"Secluded in Rehoboth, Biden Stews at Allies’ Pressure to Drop Out of the Race
As he recovers from Covid, the president has grown resentful toward Democratic congressional leaders and former President Barack Obama.
While Mr. Biden has publicly insisted he is in the race to stay, his resolve has been shaken this week.
By
Peter Baker,
Michael D. Shear and
Katie Rogers
The reporters cover the White House.
Published July 19, 2024Updated July 20, 2024, 11:42 a.m. ET
Sick with Covid and abandoned by allies, President Biden has been fuming at his Delaware beach house, increasingly resentful about what he sees as an orchestrated campaign to drive him out of the race and bitter toward some of those he once considered close, including his onetime running mate Barack Obama.
Mr. Biden has been around politics long enough to assume that the leaks appearing in the media in recent days are being coordinated to raise the pressure on him to step aside, according to people close to him. He considers Representative Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, the main instigator, but is irritated at Mr. Obama as well, seeing him as
a puppet master behind the scenes."