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Former President Barack Obama is conducting select meetings to begin a process of rebuilding the Democratic Party as leaders and elected officials in both Washington and across the country are still debating how to go forward.

After the 2016 elections, besides losing the White House and not having control of either chamber of Congress, Democrats were faced with new lows of seats they held in state legislatures.

A report by The Hill says Obama has been making regular calls with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez. According to an anonymous source in the DNC, Obama jokingly told Perez, "Hey man, it's only the future of the world in your hands."

Working out of his D.C. office, Obama is said to be conducting one-on-one meetings with other legislators, like Maryland's freshman Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen. Still, sources that spoke to The Hill stopped short of divulging a more complete list of the meetings Obama has had.

The meetings come as the party is still scoreless in a series of contested special elections between Republicans and Democrats to replace members of the House of Representatives who were selected to serve in President Trump's administration. The most recent of those losses even cast doubt on the future of Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's ability to continue in that leadership role.

Citing several anonymous sources, The Hill story says Obama doesn't want to be the face of the changes, and so will try to keep a low profile, but also said the former president "will begin emerging on the fundraising circuit and on the stump for candidates including Ralph Northam, the Democrat running for governor of Virginia, in the fall."

Obama kept a relatively low profile in the first two months of the Trump administration, but has crept back into the debate, especially as the healthcare battle has progressed in Congress.

Just two weeks ago, Obama put out a statement that slammed the GOP health bill under consideration in the Senate, saying, "Simply put, if there's a chance you might get sick, get old, or start a family this bill will do you harm."

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Obama working behind the scenes to rebuild Democratic Party - Washington Examiner