Barack Obama, the advice doctor and former president, unspooled his brain Friday to give some words of wisdom to the Democratic Party that twice nominated him for president.
On his mind, undoubtedly, was the better than even chance the country would re-elect President Donald Trump if his party nominated a candidate who backed Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, Electoral College elimination, mandatory firearm buybacks, open borders, health care for illegal immigrants and student debt cancellation.
Most of the candidates in the race have backed some or all of those proposals, but top-tier candidates Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont have advocated “political revolution” or “big, structural change.”
Obama, not wanting to have even more of his legacy unwound in a second Trump term, made his remarks to the Democracy Alliance, a group of wealthy, liberal donors.
“This is still a country that is less revolutionary than it is interested in improvement,” he said. “[Americans] like seeing things improved. But the average American doesn’t think that we have to completely tear down the system and remake it. And I think it’s important for us not to lose sight of that.”