Obama won't shrink from 2016 race
Source: Politico
President Barack Obama heads into the 2016 campaign season in a position few in the White House or anywhere else expected a year ago: in demand.
The president and his aides are expecting to capitalize on that popularity, according to people familiar with the planning, taking a more active role this election cycle than during last year’s midterms. Those plans include Obama hitting the campaign trail as early as the spring to help unite the party after the primaries and to sound off on Republicans he portrays as not serious enough for prime time.
He’s been watching the race come together so far and has been eager to dip in, already taking swings at Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee and Jeb Bush, among others.
Obama’s expected to be active in House and Senate races, too, mostly in fundraising, but in other ways as well, given a Senate map that’s the flip side of 2014, with most competitive races in blue and Obama-friendly states.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/barack-obama-2016-214617#ixzz3oLynRfL9
= new reply since forum marked as read
