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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/democrats-salivate-over-obama-coming-off-sidelines/ar-BB12lkXp?li=BBnbcThe decision by Bernie Sanders to suspend his campaign means former President Obama is about to get back into the political spotlight.
Sources close to Obama and Biden say the two men have spoken "quite frequently," as one put it, in recent days as Biden pivots to the general election. Obama has also spoken to Sanders in recent days, according to two sources with knowledge of the conversations.
The former president has stayed out of the Democratic primary, but sources say he is anxious to endorse his former vice president, Joe Biden, and become an active player in the general election campaign against President Trump.
Democrats across the country are also ready for his entry.
"IT IS TIME," Doug Landry, a former Hillary Clinton aide, wrote Wednesday, tweeting a cartoon image of Obama as superman. "RELEASE THE SUPER SURROGATE."
He's eager to go," said one source close to Obama. "He's been waiting for this election for almost four years.
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OAITW r.2.0
(24,449 posts)And Obama is gonna make Trump's life miserable as Obama unleashes on this POTUS pretender.
Alacritous Crier
(3,815 posts)I can't wait! No one gets under the tangerine turd's skin like his black superior.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,449 posts)That and "I'll be your Huckleberry" and the twirling of his liquor cup. Kilmer should have won the Academy Award for his acting (if he didn't) in that movie.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)which is still vibrant..and Old Tucson - that has been rebuilt after a fire...
You mention some of the great scenes of the movie..can't you just see Obama saying to the pos.."I'll be your huckleberry" or "say when"....
..I am sorry Val Kilmer has been so ill...
OAITW r.2.0
(24,449 posts)But he will always be my romanticized version of Doc Holliday. Great and sad ending, too.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)And it shows.
Aristus
(66,316 posts)We're excited about the possibility of President Obama's involvement in Joe Biden's campaign.
But we're not a bunch of rapey, drunken frat-boy Republicans "salivating" over......whatever it is rapey, drunken frat-boy Republicans salivate over.
Boomerproud
(7,951 posts)Shows you where their bread is buttered.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Americans want decency and normality. President Obama is the very definition of decency!