Article snippet: Former President Obama's talk about how politics need “new blood” is being seen as a blow to MORE, the former vice president that Obama did not back to succeed him in 2016. Sources close to both men describe Obama and Biden as friends who share an admiration and respect for one another. But they also acknowledge recent remarks like the one Obama made this week in Hawaii represent a sort of threat to Biden, who has told allies in recent days that he’s likely to enter the 2020 presidential race. Obama was speaking broadly about the need for new blood in politics, not specifically the need for new blood in the Democratic Party. But coming on the heels of Obama’s meeting with former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (Texas), a rising Democratic star who most political observers see as competing with Biden for a slice of the primary electorate, it also sent a signal to the wider political world. The remark and the burgeoning flirtation between Obama’s political network and O’Rourke also stings Biden given the 2016 campaign, when Obama backed MORE and nudged the vice president away from the race, insiders say. “The president loves this guy, loves Joe, thinks the world of him. He would go in a battle ditch with Joe but that's different than giving his brand to him,” one ally of Obama’s said in describing the political dynamic and the former president's actions. “He has an incredible soft spot for him. And I'm sure he'll do everything he can to make Joe feel good, but he won't come o... Link to the full article to read more