Democrats Look to Obama to Boost Turnout

“With the Democratic Party facing a potential reckoning in little more than a week and its leader, President Biden, largely sidelined by low approval ratings, Senate candidates in excruciatingly tight elections are turning to a familiar face to try to push them over the finish line: Barack Obama,” the New York Times reports.

“The former president is no stranger to midterm heartbreaks, having faced a red tsunami in 2010 that cost him the House, then a crushing year in 2014 that cost him the Senate. For much of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, he studiously stayed out of politics, playing the elder statesman above the ugly fray.”

“But beginning on Friday, Mr. Obama will dive back in, at a rally for Georgia Democrats outside Atlanta, followed by events in Michigan and Wisconsin on Saturday, then Nevada and Pennsylvania next week.”