Biden is the forgotten man, while Team Harris mercilessly fades into the president’s background

President Joe Biden made a rare contribution to Saturday’s American election campaign. He flew from his weekend home in Delaware to Philadelphia to meet with union workers organizing a get-out-the-vote operation in Pennsylvania for vice president Kamala Harris.

“You know deep down how important this is,” the President said as he delivered boxes of pizza to thank them for their efforts. “Failure is in the interests of the workers Donald Trump more than any other race you have ever competed in,” he said. “Trump has no character… they don’t care about unions or any workers for that matter.”

Once completed, the President returned home for the rest of the weekend, monitoring events in the Middle East. But just nine days before the end of the US election campaign, he was clearly not close to winning the seat of Harris-Walz or any of the party’s congressional candidates in House and Senate elections across the country.

For all the adulation Democrats have showered on President Biden in the weeks since he left the race, few want to be seen with him as they collectively strive to win local contests. The president himself may also not be thrilled at the prospect of helping Democrats who, three months ago, were involved in a cabal aimed at unseating him from the party’s ticket. The wounds may be deep because he allegedly stopped talking to Nancy Pelosi, the retired House Speaker, over “organizing an insurrection” against him.

While Vice President Harris did appear by President Biden’s side several times during his campaign’s handoff to her campaign, she may have spent more time on the trail with the former president by the time voting ends next Tuesday Barack Obama than her own boss.

The position holder is in an awkward position. The whole world knows that he will leave the White House on January 20, which makes him a poor performer internationally and domestically until then. But it also means he can continue his governing work without the grind of campaigning hampering him.

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Complicates matters by remaining in constant contact with Donald Trump after the election. Last week, Trump revealed that he had spoken to Netanyahu at least once in the days since Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel. “Do what you have to,” Trump reportedly told the Israeli leader ahead of Friday’s military crackdown by Israel aims at Tehran.

The White House will be relieved to know that Netanyahu has listened to US concerns about his instinctive desire to attack Iran’s oil and nuclear facilities. But Washington remains concerned that the crisis remains fragile, and diplomatic efforts continued throughout the weekend to try to prevent Iran from engaging in even more tit-for-tat military exchanges that could further destabilize the region.

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– Axios reported on Saturday that relations between Biden and Harris’ staffers had become “increasingly strained” at the White House and that the president’s advisers remained “hurt” by Biden’s resignation. The bad faith cuts both ways, considering Biden’s team has allegedly argued for months that the vice president is less electable and less likely to defeat Trump in November.

According to President Biden, the election result is of great importance. If Vice President Harris wins, the opportunity will be open for him to leave office with audible praise from Democrats. Under the leadership of the new president-elect, they will once again insist that he was the most significant US leader since Franklin D. Roosevelt.

But if he loses, the accusations will be nasty and long-lasting, and the president will likely become a target for not withdrawing from the race sooner.

The president spends Sunday in Delaware with his legacy hanging in the balance.