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The Democrats’ Obama dilemma: They need a new leader, but no one has stepped up - Washington Examiner

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Democrats say they need a generational change in their party’s leadership, they usually aren’t referring to former President Barack Obama .

Obama took it upon himself to rescue Democrats as his erstwhile vice president, former President Joe Biden , faltered.

Democrats tried hard to recapture the magic of the 2008 campaign, but it proved difficult to put the lightning back in the bottle.

Julian Zelizer : Obama has stayed politically active for decades after leaving office.

He says Ronald Reagan , George H.W. Bush , George W. Bush and Bill Clinton have had different circumstances.

Zelizer says both presidents had star power to overshadow other Democratic leaders.

Obama was willing to use either of these lesser politicians as an orator, he says.

Obama advised Biden to move more aggressively to make the race a referendum on Trump .

Since 2008 , Democrats have been looking to Obama to save them.

Democrats no longer treat Obamacare as the “big f

ing deal” Biden described it as when it was first enacted.

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