Former President Barack Obama expressed concern about former President Donald Trump's possible return to the White House and has questioned the structure of President Joe Biden's reelection campaign, according to a report.
Obama told Biden and the president's aides that the campaign needs to be empowered to make decisions without clearing them with the White House, The Washington Post reported.
Obama, a Democrat, has suggested that the Biden campaign needs more top-level decision-makers at its headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, or it must empower the people already in place, the Post said.
That approach would mean that White House advisers would focus on policy and events-driven decisions, while the Delaware team would run the campaign.
David Plouffe, who managed Obama's 2008 campaign, has been mentioned by Obama as the type of senior strategist needed.
The Post reported Saturday that Obama and Biden met for a private lunch at the White House in recent months and discussed the campaign.
The latest USA Today/Suffolk University Poll showed that Trump holds a 2-point lead over Biden in a three-way race that includes an independent candidate.
Biden's slip in polling is partly due to Black voters abandoning him for third-party options, while Trump now holds leads outside of the 3.1 percentage point margin of error among Hispanic voters and voters under 35.
Last month, former Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said a Wall Street Journal poll showing Biden's approval ratings hitting a new low marked a "very, very dark" point for his reelection campaign.
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