Radio personality Charlamagne Tha God knocked Obama's criticism of Democrats as old news, stating everyday people have been calling Democrats cowards for years.

Barack and I, we are all about creating what we call the attractive nuisance. We want to make it so that you want to be back here.”

Rahm Emanuel, former President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, issued a call to action for the Democratic Party on Monday. In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Emanuel said that Democrats need to make the middle class their “North Star,” and encouraged the party to “work like dogs” to make the American Dream more accessible.

Former Obama speechwriter David Litt suggested in a guest essay for The New York Times that ostracizing conservatives might be the wrong approach, detailing a personal acedote.