 Politico reports that George Clooney reached out to former President Barack Obama before the actor called for President Biden to leave the presidential race yesterday. A report citing people familiar with the conversation who say that while Obama did not encourage Clooney to go public with his concerns, he did not object either. In that New York Times op-ed, Clooney said that he recently hosted a fundraiser for Biden and noted that he was not the same Joe Biden of 2010.