the media doesn't have to chase obama around. they don't have to howl and tim. basically it's a break for the comedians and a break for the media. because they can't joke about him. i don't lame obama for coming out of hiding. he's basically yesterday's special on the restaurant blackboard that trump came out in the morning and erased. >> dana: happier to have obama than clinton out there. >> jesse: absolutely. obama is much better than crooked hillary. it sets up the contrast. as opposed to a referendum. if there is no punching bag or villain for trump to run against, it's more difficult. when you have barack obama out there, the media is going to hoist those two guys in the center and make it a cage match. in terms of the endorsements, healing me of those endorsements because his former staff members were working for those candidates. i don't know how strategic it was. i understand why he didn't endorse cortez. if he had done that, it would've created a huge, huge problem within the democratic party. that would have been a major