The Democrats’ assault on the Obama legacy is a disaster.

Amongst the talk of health care, border security, and Clorox, there seems to be one thing candidates all agree on; that hitting Obama is OK.

Let’s clarify. It isn’t OK. Electorally speaking it’s about the dumbest things candidates can do. Second only perhaps to a bare chested bar brawl between Biden and Bernie.

Firstly, and most simply, they should understand just how popular Obama is (still). In May 2019, CBS/YouGov concluded that 91% of Democrats nation wide thought his presidency was either excellent or good. On the other hand, only 2% thought it was poor.

The same polling company also found that across the country 57% of people approved of him and that Obama is, unequivocally, the ‘most popular Democrat’. Moreover, there is evidence to show Obama is becoming more popular as time goes on. Real Clear Politics puts his approval at 57.2%, experiencing a near 10 point increase in his final year in office. And finally, when Trump travelled to Britain earlier this year, they were all too happy to remind him of well his predecessor is viewed…