Obama Mobilizes Campaign Veterans to Push for Court Nominee

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 30: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks about the faltering immigration reform agenda to the news media with in the Rose Garden at the White House June 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) said today that the House of Representatives would not take up immigration reform legislation this year and Obama said he would continue to use his executive power to bolster enforcement on the southern border. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 30: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks about the faltering immigration reform agenda to the news media with in the Rose Garden at the White House June 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) said today that the House of Representatives would not take up immigration reform legislation this year and Obama said he would continue to use his executive power to bolster enforcement on the southern border. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ERIC LIPTON

President Obama has said for years that he has finished his last campaign. But tell that to the team of former aides that has assembled to help him push for his Supreme Court nominee.

Using a tactic straight out of the president’s 2012 campaign playbook, a new group formed by those aides to fight for Judge Merrick B. Garland’s confirmation hosted Mr. Obama on Thursday on a “strategy call” for thousands of supporters and activists.

“We need to make sure the American people remind senators that they have a job to do,” Mr. Obama told those who phoned in. Speaking to any Republican senators who might be listening, he added: “Be fair. That’s something we allhire vets learned in kindergarten.”

In a familiar follow-up, Stephanie Cutter, the president’s 2012 deputy campaign manager, came on the line after Mr. Obama to remind listeners to “press ‘1’ to sign up and get involved.”

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