The Myth of Obama’s Political Power

The following article, The Myth of Obama’s Political Power, was first published on The Black Sphere. I’m always surprised by the number of people who believe Barack and Michelle Obama to be political power players. Certainly they have some political and other influence. What president and First Lady doesn’t. But the idea that they are political power brokers is ridiculous. This is not my contention but a fact bared out by using only common sense. For example, Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016, but no other candidates. Hillary lost and that’s with the fix being in. Obama reluctantly endorsed Biden in 2020, but only after knowing the fix was in. That fix barely made it, and exposed the Democrats many mechanisms to cheat in elections. In 2024, Obama is said to have orchestrated the coup against the man of whom he said, [pp] “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f*ck things up.” Now Obama reluctantly supports Kamala Harris. But the Obamas didn’t off their ringing endorsement of Biden’s VP upfront. Instead they waited until the cabal decided that Harris was the choice. So now Obama backs Harris and how did that impact the polls? About like a butterfly flapping would impact...