It's funny: I'm sure it's partly just a desire to take a break, but for all the talk from Rs about Obama as the self-obsessed "me" president, his self-imposed low profile is clearly a selfless strategic choice, believing a high profile now would not serve the public interest.https://twitter.com/NYMag/status/1011059307591421953 …
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Whether he is right or wrong about that (and I tend to think he's right) I'd just point out how *unusual* it is for a successful politician to decide things will be better if he avoids excess prominence.
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Some of you are pointing out precedents from past ex-presidents. But the last ex-president besides Obama to retire into a position where he could plausibly still play a leading role in national politics was... Eisenhower?
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No, Eisenhower was dying. But Reagan could have. Just didn't.
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Carter did (badly)
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