 According to Politico, before Hollywood icon and Democratic donor George Clooney published his buzzy and brutal New York Times op-ed yesterday, calling on Biden to step aside as the nominee, we're told he reached out to former President Barack Obama to give him a heads up. The two men who are friendly both attended the L.A. fundraiser Clooney referenced in his piece, where the actor said he beheld a diminished Biden and that the leader he interacted with was, quote, the same man we witnessed at the debate.