Re: US Presidential Election 2016
Reply #693 –
Obama is campaigning for Clinton while she's laid up. He's a much better campaigner than either Clinton or Trump. His approval rating is up to 58% and he's a powerful orator. Turn out is a vital issue for Clinton and he can energise voters, particularly black and minority voters. Apparently, he is likely to campaign heavily for her in October. There's little doubt he will do so passionately. His legacy depends to a large degree on a Clinton victory and he wouldn't be human if he didn't hold a very large grudge against Trump after the birther outrage which was a thinly-veiled racist attack.
It' s hard to imagine why this Clinton/Trump campaign isn't bad enough for the US to change the rules to let Obama run again. He doesn't even have to mount his own argument for the case!