File this under Things That Could Have Been Said Last September. Or even Things That Should Have Been Said in 2019.
Now that polls have soured — somewhat — for Democrats, suddenly they want to dump the incumbent they deliberately cocooned from a legitimate primary challenge. Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Hakeem Jeffries couldn’t convince Joe Biden to withdraw. Can his old boss walk Biden out the door … again?
According to the Washington Post, Barack Obama has begun to push, indirectly for now:
Former president Barack Obama has told allies in recent days that President Biden’s path to victory has greatly diminished and he thinks the president needs to seriously consider the viability of his candidacy, according to multiple people briefed on his thinking.
Obama has spoken with Biden only once since the debate, and he has been clear in his conversations with others that the…