Former White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that President Barack Obama wants Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic presidential nominee.
“I think the President has signaled, while still remaining neutral, that he supports Secretary Clinton’s candidacy and would prefer to see her as the nominee,” Carney said in an interview with CNN. “He won’t officially embrace her unless and until it’s clear she is going to be the nominee.”
Carney left his job at the White House in 2014 and briefly became a commentator for CNN. He now serves as a senior executive for Amazon.
He said Wednesday that Obama was “maintaining tradition” of not endorsing a candidate until the primary process had ended.
“But I don’t think there is any doubt that he wants Hillary to win the nomination and believes she would be the best candidate in the fall and the most effective as President in carrying forward what he has achieved,” Carney said.
h/t: Politico
I wish Obama could run for a third term, but embracing Hillary’s candidacy is a good consolation to that.
“I think the President has signaled, while still remaining neutral, that he supports Secretary Clinton’s candidacy and would prefer to see her as the nominee,” Carney said in an interview with CNN. "He won’t officially embrace her unless and until it’s clear she is going to be the nominee.
Thinking how someone feels is not the same as saying he does Why does TPM do this. Oh never mind….
When I’m driving, I like to signal for a right turn and keep going straight.
I think Obama’s judgment has been excellent and I credit him in helping to heal and ease my progression from being a Hillary antagonist in 2008 to a supporter of her this time. She is not distancing herself from his administration. I now see her as the natural continuance of it.
For better or worse, he just did.
Edit: See what happens when you only skim the story before posting? You end up sounding like an idiot.