1. Barack Obama; 2. Nancy Pelosi;

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51. Yes, exactly

And he himself was the beneficiary of somewhat similar behind-the-scenes maneuvering by the party elite in 2020. Those bashing Obama now didn't seem to mind when Obama came to Biden's aid four years ago after South Carolina by gently encouraging Buttigieg and Klobuchar to drop out of the primaries and throw their support to Biden to prevent Bernie from getting the nomination.

To be clear, I am not alleging that the 2020 primaries were rigged and I didn't even support Bernie in 2020. His campaign people admitted that they had no plan to win a majority of the delegates and were relying on more centrist candidates, including Biden, splitting the vote.

But in light of how 2020 went down, and the fact that Biden has been in Washington for decades and is well-liked and well-respected by so many elected officials makes these claims that the establishment is out to get him for nefarious reasons a little ridiculous. It's possible some donors have turned on him because he's been more progressive economically than they expected, but I think it's more likely they are genuinely concerned about either his actual health or the perception of his health being fatal to his re-election chances.