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Gabe Debenedetti on ‘The Long Alliance’

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Obama's a Roll in the Primaries, or Was It More About His Relationship With Joe Byton?

In the primary and 20 20, he tried to just be as much of an adviser to people as possible. He didn't want to actually weigh in and shape the conversation at all. Byden was sort of outraged by this. Obama was like, these geyser idiots. This isn't how we're going to be a trump. But he never said that to any one. So until late in the primary, he sort of took a step back. Eo pepedo just called him a few times for advice, things like that. It's also no coincidence that shortly after he made those calls, those two people were on his side on byden. When you try to replicate

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