政治专家们仔细研究了前总统巴拉克·奥巴马周五在华盛顿对自由派捐助者的讲话，他警告民主党初选候选人不要在一系列政策提案上走得太远。
奥巴马在华盛顿对自由派和民主党捐助者的讲话中对2020年民主党候选人的简短评论，提供了他对他的政党如何对待即将到来的初选的一些第一批批评。奥巴马敦促候选人不要在初选中过于左倾，这可能会疏远大选温和派选民，因为被提名人最终将面对唐纳德·特朗普总统。如同纽约时报第一据报告的这位前总统告诉民主党人不要让“某些左倾推特信息”主宰他们的政策。
奥巴马强调，普通美国人不想像佛蒙特州独立伯尼·桑德斯等候选人所建议的那样“摧毁[的体系”或领导一场社会革命。他的批评没有给出具体的名字或平台，但他提到医疗保健和移民是民主党竞争者可能已经走得太远而无法击败特朗普的两个领域。
奥巴马对华盛顿的捐助者说:“即使我们勇往直前，我们也必须植根于现实。”。“普通美国人不认为我们必须彻底摧毁和改造这个系统。”
共和党和民主党的政治专家周六在有线电视新闻上剖析了奥巴马的简短评论，称之为对他的前副总统乔·拜登的“伪支持”。这些言论被视为对进步参议员伯尼·桑德斯和伊丽莎白·沃伦的含蓄抨击，并触及了2016年桑德斯和奥巴马支持的当权候选人希拉里·克林顿之间暴露出来的民主党分歧。
奥巴马警告说，“我们党的积极分子”不应该推动民主党候选人提出可能会让温和派和独立选民在大选前感到疏远的政策。
周六在福克斯新闻上，民主党战略家和2008年奥巴马美国地区实地主任罗宾·比罗称前总统的话是对拜登的含蓄支持。比罗说，在奥巴马心中，他是一个务实的“温和中间派”，在击败克林顿成为2008年民主党提名人后，他收回了自己的进步言论。
“我们必须让它更容易被大选选民接受，”比罗回忆道。
周六福克斯新闻的共和党战略家埃里克·比奇评论说，奥巴马的评论是对拜登的无名支持，是呼吁冷静温和的头脑在初选中获胜。比奇补充说，他认为亿万富翁商人迈克尔·布隆伯格参加竞选是为了给自己和拜登这样的温和派带来更多的钱。
奥巴马告诉捐助者，他们不应该担心没有一个“稳健的初选”，并引用他自己与克林顿的长期斗争作为一个更强有力的候选人从斗争中脱颖而出的证据。
“对于那些对稳健的初选感到紧张的人来说，我只需要提醒你，我有一个非常稳健的初选，”奥巴马周五晚上说。“我相信，在这个过程结束时，我们会有一个经过测试的候选人。”
周五，政治专家纷纷批评前总统巴拉克·奥巴马对自由派捐助者的言论，这些言论告诫民主党初选候选人不要在一系列政策提案上走得太远。
OBAMA WARNS DEMOCRATS AGAINST MOVING TOO FAR LEFT, 2020 CRITIQUE LABELED 'PSEUDO' ENDORSEMENT OF JOE BIDEN
Political pundits pored over former President Barack Obama's remarks to liberal donors in Washington Friday that cautioned Democratic primary candidates against moving too far left on a series of policy proposals.
Obama's brief comments about the 2020 Democratic candidate field in remarks to liberal and Democratic donors in Washington offered some of his very first critiques of how his party is approaching the upcoming primaries. Obama urged the candidates against pushing too far to the left in their primary campaigns that may alienate general election moderate voters when the nominee ultimately faces off against President Donald Trump. As The New York Times first reported, the former president told Democrats not to let "certain left-leaning Twitter feeds" dictate their policies.
Obama stressed that the average American doesn't want to "tear down [the] system" or lead a social revolution as candidates such as Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders have suggested. His critique offered no specific names or platforms, but he cited health care and immigration as two areas where Democratic contenders may have gone too far left to beat Trump.
"Even as we push the envelope and we are bold in our vision we also have to be rooted in reality," Obama told the Washington donors. "The average American doesn't think we have to completely tear down the system and remake it."
Both Republican and Democratic political pundits dissected Obama's brief comments Saturday on cable news, calling it a "pseudo-endorsement" of his former vice president, Joe Biden. The comments were perceived as an implicit shot against progressive Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and poked at the Democratic divide exposed in 2016 between Sanders and Obama-backed establishment candidate Hillary Clinton.
Obama warned that "the activist wing of our party" should not push the Democratic candidates to propose policies that may leave moderates and Independent voters feeling estranged before the general election.
Speaking on Fox News Saturday, Democratic strategist and 2008 Obama for America regional field director Robin Biro labeled the former president's words an implicit endorsement of Biden. Biro said that in Obama's heart, he is a pragmatic "moderate-centrist," who dialed back his progressive rhetoric after defeating Clinton to be the 2008 Democratic nominee.
"We had to make it more palatable to the general election voter," Biro recalled.
Eric Beach, a Republican strategist also on Fox News Saturday, remarked that Obama's commentary was a nameless endorsement of Biden and a plea for cooler, moderate heads to prevail in the primary process. Beach added that he believes billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg entered the race in order to put more money on the side of moderates like himself and Biden.
Obama told the donors they should not be worried about not having a "robust primary," and cited his own lengthy battle with Clinton as evidence of a stronger candidate emerging from the fight.
"For those who get stressed about robust primaries, I just have to remind you I had a very robust primary," Obama said Friday evening. "I'm confident that at the end of the process we will have a candidate that has been tested."
Political pundits poured over former President Barack Obama's remarks to liberal donors Friday which cautioned Democratic primary candidates against moving too far left on a series of policy proposals.
