By Hunter Schwarz, CNN’s COVER/LINE
CNN
May 6, 2018
Barack Obama is done being on ballots, but there will be ample opportunities to support him in 2018.
A club of young politicians is trading on his popularity and mission to kick-start their own careers. And its all part of the master plan the former President has laid out.
At 56, Obama is more popular than he’s been in nearly a decade, and as an ex-president, his favorable ratings are expected to keep rising. At a time when our politics has become increasingly ugly, divisive, and crude, a political figure like Obama is rare.