{"id":2233582,"date":"2024-04-30T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-could-upstage-biden-at-dnc-in-chicago\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T12:20:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T16:20:14","slug":"obama-could-upstage-biden-at-dnc-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-could-upstage-biden-at-dnc-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama may steal the show from Biden at DNC in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-could-upstage-biden-at-dnc-in-chicago%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233582&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Barack Obama will \u200cbe an Illinois delegate at the Democratic National Convention, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-reading-checklist-includes-anti-racism-guide-for-sailors\/\" title=\"Navy Reading Checklist Includes Anti-Racism Guide for Sailors\">potentially overshadowing<\/a> his ex-running mate, President Joe Biden. Illinois Democrats revealed the delegate list, with\u2064 Obama among 51 leaders \u2062and officials. Despite not endorsing\u2062 Biden early in 2020, \u200cObama&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-adam-kinzinger-wont-rule-out-2024-white-house-run\/\" title=\"Rep. Adam Kinzinger Won't Rule Out 2024 White House Run\">influence remains strong<\/a>, with speculation \u200baround Michelle Obama&#8217;s potential candidacy dismissed as a\u2063 conspiracy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Barack Obama\">Barack Obama<\/a> will serve as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illinois\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Barack Obama\">Illinois<\/a> delegate at the Democratic National Convention this summer, possibly upstaging his former running mate, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Democrats announced their full list of delegates Monday evening. Obama marks just one of 51 party leaders and elected officials serving as either automatic or at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-wins-michigan-and-idaho-caucuses\/\" title=\"Trump victorious in Michigan and Idaho caucuses\">-large delegates<\/a>, on top of the 96 district delegates. The Illinois delegation totals 147.<\/p>\n<p>Obama has weighed in on some political issues since leaving office in 2017, but like most former presidents, he largely has avoided attempting to steer the party toward any successors.<\/p>\n<p>He notably did not endorse Biden during the 2020 Democratic primary until it was clear his former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> would be the nominee in that election. Meanwhile, popular former first lady Michelle Obama has long been rumored in GOP circles as replacing Biden as the 2024 nominee, which Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2848239\/democrats-michelle-obama-replace-biden-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"strategists dismiss\">strategists dismiss<\/a> as a \u201cginned-up\u201d conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Democratic insiders have indicated to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that they expect Obama to hit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> campaign trail hard for Biden starting this summer, and the campaign is welcoming his efforts to boost Biden\u2019s reelection push. Campaign officials added that Obama has indicated a willingness to do \u201cwhatever the campaign asks\u201d once he ramps up his on-the-ground appearances.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-reasons-making-taxpayers-pay-off-student-loans-is-a-rotten-idea\/\" title=\"5 Reasons Making Taxpayers Pay Off Student Loans Is A Rotten Idea\">recent report<\/a> from the <em>New York Times<\/em> indicated that Obama himself is independently advising Biden campaign officials on how to avert a Biden loss, which comedian Colin Jost mocked during his introduction at Saturday\u2019s White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to be here hosting what is, according to swing-state polls, the final White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. I hope that tonight will be a night to remember,\u201d the \u201cWeekend Update\u201d host joked before motioning toward Biden and referencing the report. \u201cFor most of us. I was excited to be up here onstage with President Biden tonight, mostly to see if I could figure out where Obama was pulling the strings from. I have to admit: It\u2019s not easy following President Biden. I mean it\u2019s not always easy following what he\u2019s saying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden and Obama joined former President Bill Clinton onstage at a political fundraiser in New York City in March. Moderated by Stephen Colbert, the event saw both Obama and Clinton make the case for Biden to Democratic donors ahead of the president\u2019s November rematch with former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>. Obama also joined Biden and Clinton for an interview with the three Democratic presidents on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartless.com\/episodes\/episode\/2138f342\/3-presidents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Smartless\"><em>Smartless<\/em><\/a>  podcast.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Barack Obama will join the Illinois delegate lineup at the Democratic National Convention, potentially overshadowing his ex-running mate, President Joe Biden. Illinois Democrats revealed their delegate roster on Monday, with Obama among 51 party leaders and officials appointed as automatic or at-large delegates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2233583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24089041579298-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24089041579298-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2233583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}