STEPHEN SOUKUP: Thanks Again, Obama.

Obama? The guy who left office ten years ago? Why is this multi-deci-millionaire running around the country trying to get socialists and socialist-adjacent candidates (including Abdul El-Sayed) elected to high office? Shouldn’t he be off enjoying his oceanfront mansion on Martha’s Vineyard or his other oceanfront mansion on Oahu? Or playing basketball on the NBA regulation-size court at the aforementioned “library”? Isn’t that what most ex-presidents are doing a decade after their terms ended, enjoying retirement?

Well… yes, but Obama hasn’t been gone ten years yet. Technically, it’s only been nine years, nine months, and six days (not that anyone’s counting). More to the point, as I say, Obama can’t stand not being the center of attention. He and Michelle just celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary, and because of his ongoing obsession with politics and being in the spotlight, they might not make it to 35. As the former president himself admitted this past spring, his political fixation “does create a genuine tension in our household, and it frustrates [Michelle].” Still, that’s what he does. That’s all he does. Because he can’t help himself. As Obama also noted last spring, “no other ex-president was the main surrogate for the party for four election cycles after they left office.” Maybe there’s a reason for that?

Nevertheless, Republicans should be grateful.

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