What Obama and Pelosi are doing about Biden

Two of the Democratic Party’s most powerful and popular personalities have assumed quiet, behind-the scenes roles as elements of the party maneuver to push President Joe Biden out of his faltering reelection bid.

They include former President Barack Obama, who was in touch with Hollywood icon and Democratic donor George Clooney before the actor published his buzzy and brutal NYT op-ed Wednesday calling on Biden to step aside as the presumptive nominee.

The two men, who are friendly, both attended the L.A. fundraiser Clooney referenced in his piece, where he said he’d...