Obama alumni line up behind Biden belatedly
Obama administration alumni, once cool on the prospect of Joe Biden becoming the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, are toeing the party line. Dan Pfeiffer, an Obama White House communications director and now the co-host of Crooked Media's popular Pod Save America podcast, put his name to a fundraising email sent out this week by the Democratic Party. "I worked with Vice President Biden for many years. I know that he and his team are ready to lead our country, but it is up to us to come together in full force to help elect him as president and thousands of Democrats across the nation to their seats as well," he wrote.
Pfeiffer's email was shared on behalf of the Democratic National Committee's Democratic Unity Fund, a program launched by former President Barack Obama in November 2019. The fund will help the party invest in data and technology infrastructure, battleground state field organization, and voter protection efforts before this year's general election against President Trump, Pfeiffer added. The Democratic strategist's tone isn't unexpected, but it differs from the one he and other Obama veterans adopted during the primary when they openly criticized Biden or stayed on the sidelines.
Pfeiffer, the author behind Un-Trumping America, a book mapping out how Democrats can reclaim the White House this cycle, has been candid about some of Biden's flaws. "I think it’s important and unfortunate that the two candidates who remain in this primary are the ones who I think have least grappled with the political forces that led to Trump," Pfeiffer told Vox in March of Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Obama endorsed Biden in April after Sanders dropped out of the race, triggering a cascade of support from he and Biden's former colleagues. Pfeiffer, along with ex-Obama advisers Valerie Jarrett, Alyssa Mastromonaco, Jon Favreau, and Tommy Vietor, joined the two-term vice president for a virtual fundraiser this month.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/obama-alumni-line-up-behind-biden-belatedly
Hmm, Were these people on the call w/Obama..