 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 a nominee, we're told he reached out to former President Barack Obama and gave him a heads-up. Two men who are friendly both attended the L.A. fundraiser, Clooney referenced in his piece, where the actor said he'd beheld a diminished Biden and that the leader he interacted with was not the same man we all witnessed at the debate.