Rick Klein: “The sitting president of the United States, of course, has an outsized role in achieving party unity. But this president has something extra to offer now that his services are needed in this endeavor. Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders share something special: Both have run against Hillary Clinton, riding waves that crashed them into the establishment. Until now, the president has also resisted pleas to put a heavier thumb on the scale for Clinton, during a tense and often raucous primary season. He has particular credibility to broker peace now because Sanders is open to actually listening to his advice.”
“Even a president can’t change the math, a fact that Sanders will have to acknowledge. But he can change the Democratic Party’s conversation to make sure it includes the views of the man who came way closer to the nomination than anyone could have honestly predicted.”
