It was a contest to see who could profess the most love for him.
Via Time Magazine:
Heated exchanges over Obama’s legacy reflect how he has become a specter in the Democratic primary contest
Democratic. presidential candidate, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders appears with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a debate in Milwaukee on Feb. 11, 2016.
There were only two Democrats on the debate stage in Milwaukee on Thursday night, but they should have brought a third podium for President Obama.
Coming back from a landslide defeat in the New Hampshire primary, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton doggedly criticized Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders on areas where he’d split with Obama while duct-taping herself to the President’s legacy on issues as varied as foreign policy, health care and Wall Street.
Sanders, for his part, did his best to hold his ground, justifying his criticism of the President and presenting himself as a change agent while pointing out Clinton’s own differences with Obama.