Obama could be Biden’s secret weapon with Black voters

By Gerren Keith Gaynor | theGrio | April 4, 2024

https://thegrio.com/2024/04/04/obama-could-be-bidens-secret-weapon-with-black-voters/

… “He’s exactly the kind of voice that can convey to Black folk: ‘I know, you may not like everything that’s happening, but I would rather trust our future with Biden, than the risk our future with Trump,’” Michael Blake, a former Obama campaign operative, told theGrio. 

Reflecting on Obama’s winning political trademark of hope and inspiration and how it could benefit Biden, Blake said that Obama “is able to communicate a positive vision for the future in a hopeful manner.” The CEO of the Kairos Democracy Project added, “Running against a man whose entire approach is let’s go backward, I would probably want to have a surrogate in President Obama who’s talking about hope and moving forward.”