Why Barack Obama isn't endorsing Joe Biden or anyone else for president

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

McCLELLANVILLE, S.C. – As the race for the Democratic presidential nomination cruises toward a potentially decisive Super Tuesday, one Democratic superstar with the power to alter the course of the contest is clinging steadfastly to the sidelines: Barack Obama.

Those close to the former president expect him to stay there.

Wildly popular within the party, Obama has mostly avoided a contest that features his former vice president, Joe Biden, even as his legacy on health care, immigration and other issues has played a central role in debates and advertising by the candidates so far.

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Obama is aware of the "agita" among some centrist and establishment Democrats about Sen. Bernie Sanders' surge after strong finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire, but has "always been a believer in the nomination process" and feels "voters themselves must pick our nominee," according to a source familiar with the former president's thinking who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal strategy.

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[Mr.Bill]

1. In my mind Obama already endorsed Biden...twice.

I understand the strategy for the President to not formally endorse anyone until we know who is the nominee, but what better endorsement is there than picking someone to VP twice? Would any president do that for anyone he thought was not fit for the job? Excepting Trump/Pence of course, neither of whom are fit.

[Walleye]

4. Exactly

[NurseJackie]

2. Class. Tradition.

[highplainsdem]

3. Obama will be campaigning for the eventual nominee. If he endorsed another candidate earlier, it

would undercut whatever he said later to praise the nominee.

So it's best that he (and Michelle, too) NOT endorse anyone before the nominee is chosen.

[Peacetrain]

5. Exactly! As a former President his endorsement carries so much weight.

[LakeArenal]

6. Barack gave Joe the Medal of Freedom.

Not Bernie, or Liz, or Pete.

[emmaverybo]

8. Yes. Exactly.

[tavernier]

7. Oh come on, everyone already knows his preference!

Joe and Barack are brothers. He doesn’t need to blow the horn to let everyone know what car he’s riding in. Keep an eye on the passenger window and you’ll see him riding shotgun as they drive by.