Joe Biden leans further into his relationship with Obama in new campaign video
Biden didn't mention Obama when he announced his campaign in a video Thursday, but his latest video,"America: Anything is Possible," uses portions of Obama's laudatory speech when he presented Biden with the Medal of Freedom in 2017. Trump goes after Biden — and against advisers' advice"Joe's candid counsel has made me a better president," Obama says in his speech."He could not have been a more effective partner in the progress that we've made.
Read MoreOne key objective of Biden's rollout is to wrap himself in as much Obama glow as he can, and there was no objection from Obama to any of this, the top Democrat said.Obama hasn't yet endorsed a Democrat in the 2020 presidential race -- and has no plans to do so anytime soon -- but voters will see a lot of Obama-Biden in the coming weeks and months, the top Democrat added.
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