and i don t think he s normalized him, you know, excessively, given the situation. but what he did today to basically say, everybody likes me and my policies, and it s true, his approval rating is high, and basically saying, none of this was my fault, you have to look deeper at what s happened to the democratic party since he s been president. i don t think he can say this had nothing to do with him. it is the case that a lot of people in the democratic party now are saying that barack obama s in denial, that he s in denial about trump, that he s speaking too favorably of him, and that he s in denial about his role in the where the party is right now. and again, i think the point u trying to make is, if you look at where the democratic party was when barack obama entered office and where it is today, it is a much worse place eight years later, and there s no doubt that his failure to build the party, to care about the party, to argue for the party, build himself up, to be interest