Obama Tells Democrats to ‘Toughen Up’

Former President Barack Obama told Democrats attending a private New Jersey fundraiser on July 12 that the party needs to “toughen up.” “I think it’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions,” Obama said, according to excerpts of his remarks exclusively obtained by CNN. Obama’s comments come shortly after his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, said on a podcast that she has no plans to return to political life, saying that she will no longer give campaign speeches or campaign for candidates. “I am not going to be in politics. I’m not giving another political speech. I’m not campaigning for another candidate,” she said during an interview on Wildcard, a podcast from NPR, released on June 26. “But I’m here.”...