{"id":67325,"date":"2017-03-01T22:13:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T02:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=67325"},"modified":"2017-03-01T22:15:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T02:15:29","slug":"obamas-back-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=67325","title":{"rendered":"YIKES! Obama&#8217;s Back?  Already?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"headline__heading\">Barack Obama &#8216;ready to return&#8217; to politics<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<header>\n<div class=\"hero-area-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"leadAsset section\">\n<div class=\"lead-asset component\">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<h5 class=\"lead-asset__figure\"><span class=\"lead-asset-image-container\" data-frz-ratio=\"1.60\" data-frz-parent=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image lead-asset__image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/content\/dam\/news\/2017\/02\/07\/JS119942506_Barack-Obama-holiday_NEWS-large_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqeo_i_u9APj8RuoebjoAHt0k9u7HhRJvuo-ZLenGRumA.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Brockway\/Virgin.com\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" data-frz-ratio=\"1.60\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"lead-asset-caption\">Barack Obama has taken some time off recently, but is ready to return to politics<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"lead-asset-copyright\"><span class=\"lead-asset-copyright-label\">CREDIT:<\/span> JACK BROCKWAY\/VIRGIN.COM<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<article data-insert-mobile-adslot=\"\">\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"article-body-text component \">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<p>Rob Crilly, New York and Helena Horton<br \/>\nThe Telegraph<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged\">B<\/span>arack Obama\u00a0is ready to return\u00a0 to frontline politics, according to\u00a0 Eric Holder, who served as attorney general in the former president\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>The suggestion will be welcome in a Democratic Party still struggling to unite in opposition to Donald Trump\u2019s \u00a0presidency after the shock defeat of Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p data-mediaconductor-processed=\"true\">When Mr Obama left office, he said he was prepared to intervene if his successor threatened America\u2019s core values \u2013 a break in the convention that former presidents are expected to distance themselves from domestic politics.<\/p>\n<p>But whatever move he makes will have to wait until after he finishes his memoirs.<\/p>\n<p>Penguin Random House has announced that it won the bidding war for rights to books by the former president and his wife Michelle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2017\/03\/01\/barack-michelle-obama-set-record-breaking-book-deal-bids-reaching\/\">in a deal believed to be worth more than $60\u2009million (\u00a348\u2009million).<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"article-body-text component \">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged\">M<\/span>eanwhile, Mr Holder said he had been talking to Mr Obama about ways that he could help the new National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which the then president asked him\u00a0 to chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s coming. He\u2019s coming,\u201d Mr Holder said,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/02\/eric-holder-obama-ready-public-235508\"> according to Politico magazine<\/a>. \u201cAnd he\u2019s ready to roll.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Job done well Mr. President. Thank you   <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/POTUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AKmERByzuW\">pic.twitter.com\/AKmERByzuW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Holder (@EricHolder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricHolder\/status\/822466704106196993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"article-body-text component \">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged\">T<\/span>he new group has been set up to tackle what Democrats see as Republican gerrymandering, offering their opponents an advantage in nationwide and local elections. Former presidents have found different ways to fill their time after leaving office, setting up foundations and launching themselves into international affairs.<\/p>\n<p>At 55, Mr Obama has plenty more productive years ahead of him. His first priority, however, will be to please his publishers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"htmlEmbed section\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"article-body-text component \">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged\">M<\/span>arkus Dohle, chief executive of Penguin Random House, said: \u201cWith their words and their leadership, they changed the world, and every day, with the books we publish, we strive to do the same. \u201cNow, we are very much looking forward to working together with President and Mrs Obama to make each of their books global publishing events.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"article-body-text component \">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged\">W<\/span>hatever the final deal, the price tag for their books will likely shatter the previous record. Bill Clinton made $15\u2009million, while his successor, George W Bush was paid $10\u2009million.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Obama is a best-selling author already. Critics praised Dreams From My Father, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/barackobama\/5797763\/barack-obamas-books-too-dangerous-for-prisoners-to-read.html\">published before he entered politics<\/a>, for its fluid writing style as he details his early life and search for his roots in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2017\/03\/01\/barack-obama-ready-return-politics\/\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2017\/03\/01\/barack-obama-ready-return-politics\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barack Obama &#8216;ready to return&#8217; to politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}