“President Obama is the most popular figure in the Democratic Party, only surpassed by his wife...The idea that you’re going to gain ground by attacking elements of the policies of Barack Obama...is really, really bad strategy,” Cornell Belcher said.
WASHINGTON — Among the tightknit circle of Obama alumni, the emails and texts started circulating quickly Wednesday night. The focus of Democratic candidates on the debate stage in Detroit may have been on former Vice President Joe Biden, but some of the charges hit squarely at the work he and others had been part of at the direction of President Barack Obama.
While some are publicly warning Democrats about the risks of critiquing the last administration, many feel constrained from doing so more forcefully for a range of reasons — including the fact that Obama himself is determined to avoid even the hint of wading in on the contest. It's that critique that tends to most rile longtime Obama loyalists who see candidates desperate to distinguish themselves by making bold promises or score points at Obama’s expense.
“The Democrats spent more time attacking Barack Obama than they did attacking me, practically,” the president said. “That wasn’t pretty.” To my fellow Democrats. Be wary of attacking the Obama record. Build on it. Expand it. But there is little to be gained - for you or the party - by attacking a very successful and still popular Democratic President.Biden on Thursday quickly leaped to Obama’s defense, saying the former president had nothing to apologize for.
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