2026-08-09T21:17:50.164Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：阿莉娜·法亚兹
发布于 2026年8月9日，美国东部时间下午5:17
埃尔赛义德谈与奥巴马“非常非常暖心”的对话
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埃尔赛义德谈与奥巴马“非常非常暖心”的对话
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密歇根州民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德周日表示，他与前总统巴拉克·奥巴马进行了一场“非常暖心”的对话。上周的激烈初选过后，民主党正寻求找到前进的道路。
“我倾向于将私人对话保密，但那真的是一场非常非常暖心的对话，”埃尔赛义德在接受美国有线电视新闻网主持人杰克·塔珀的《国情咨文》节目采访时表示。“我非常感谢他给出的建议，我们还有很长的路要走，但在赢得密歇根州席位、夺回参议院以及追究唐纳德·特朗普责任的目标上，我们完全团结一致。”
据埃尔赛义德和奥巴马的代表透露，这场对话发生在这位进步派候选人以微弱优势击败民主党建制派青睐的温和派候选人、众议员黑利·史蒂文斯仅几天后。双方讨论了如何团结民主党，在11月的选举中保住密歇根州这一关键参议院席位。
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摆在埃尔赛义德面前的核心问题是：他能否像奥巴马在2008年和2012年总统竞选时那样，组建起联盟，赢得这个关键摇摆州的支持。尽管多位知名民主党人已迅速表态支持埃尔赛义德，但他仍可能面临一场艰难的战斗，需要争取那些对他在初选中的竞选活动不满的史蒂文斯的支持者。在初选期间，埃尔赛义德曾尖锐批评史蒂文斯得到亲以色列团体美国以色列公共事务委员会（AIPAC）的支持。
共和党希望利用这些分歧来翻转这个席位——共和党候选人迈克·罗杰斯周五直接通过镜头向失望的史蒂文斯支持者发出了呼吁。
史蒂文斯本人则在埃尔赛义德获胜后迅速表态支持他，并表示愿意与他一同竞选。
不过，奥巴马并未明确表示会加入这位前公共卫生官员的竞选活动。
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当被问及这位受欢迎的前总统是否会加入他的竞选阵营时，埃尔赛义德表示他对此抱有期待。
“显然我们还有很多工作要做，但那真的是一场非常非常暖心的对话，我非常非常感谢他给出的建议和指导，”他告诉塔珀。
在2026年选举周期的高风险竞选活动中，奥巴马的政治形象已被证明是一项持久的资产。
尽管奥巴马并未就这场竞争激烈的民主党初选表态，而这场初选是为了挑战罗杰斯，但他的名字始终笼罩着此次竞选。外部团体花费巨资投放了大量电视广告，将史蒂文斯与奥巴马联系起来，并强调埃尔赛义德过去曾批评前第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马的反肥胖倡议。
在竞选活动中，埃尔赛义德也被拿来与奥巴马作比较。
2018年，埃尔赛义德首次参选公职，当时他竞选成为美国首位穆斯林州长，他的常春藤联盟背景和演讲风格经常被拿来与这位美国首位黑人总统作比较。尽管埃尔赛义德曾指出自己与奥巴马有共同点，但他也辩称前总统的政治立场不够激进——这一点在初选期间被史蒂文斯的竞选团队拿来攻击。
但在周日，埃尔赛义德对奥巴马表达了钦佩之情，表示能获得他的竞选建议是一种荣幸。
这位进步派人士表示，自己曾观看过奥巴马在2004年民主党全国代表大会上的演讲，当时奥巴马为时任总统候选人约翰·克里发表了基调演讲。
“那是我第一次在政治中看到自己的影子，”埃尔赛义德说。
Abdul El-Sayed and Barack Obama spoke as Democrats seek to unify following heated Senate primary
2026-08-09T21:17:50.164Z / CNN
By Aleena Fayaz
PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2026, 5:17 PM ET
El-Sayed on ‘really, really warm’ conversation with Obama
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El-Sayed on ‘really, really warm’ conversation with Obama
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Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday described a “really warm” conversation with former President Barack Obama as the party seeks to find a path forward following last week’s bruising primary.
“I like to keep private conversations private, but it was a really, really warm conversation,” El-Sayed told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” “I was really grateful for his advice, and we’ve got a long road to go here, but we’re perfectly unified in the need to win Michigan, take back the Senate, and hold Donald Trump accountable.”
During the conversation — which took place just days after El-Sayed, a progressive, narrowly defeated moderate Rep. Haley Stevens, the Democratic establishment’s preferred candidate — they discussed how to bring Democrats together to retain Michigan’s critical Senate seat in November, according to representatives for El-Sayed and Obama.
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It’s the major question facing El-Sayed: Whether he can build a coalition, as Obama did in his 2008 and 2012 presidential runs, to win the battleground state. While prominent Democrats have moved quickly to back El-Sayed, he may still face an uphill battle in courting Stevens voters unhappy with his primary campaign, during which he sharply criticized his rival over her support from the pro-Israel group AIPAC.
Republicans are hoping to dig into those divisions as they seek to flip the seat — GOP nominee Mike Rogers made a direct-to-camera pitch to disappointed Stevens voters on Friday.
For her part, Stevens quickly endorsed El-Sayed after his win and said she would be open to campaigning with him.
Obama, however, has not gone so far as to say he would join the former public health official on the campaign trail.
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Pressed on if the popular former president would join him, El-Sayed said he hoped so.
“Obviously we’ve got a lot more to do here, but it was a really, really warm conversation, and I was really, really grateful for his advice and his mentorship,” he told Tapper.
Obama’s political brand has proved to be a durable asset in high-stakes campaigns throughout the 2026 election cycle.
While Obama did not weigh in on the hotly contested Democratic primary to take on Rogers, his name loomed over the race. Outside groups spent heavily on a barrage of television ads tying him to Stevens and highlighting El-Sayed’s past criticism of former first lady Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity initiative.
Former President Barack Obama speaks in Norfolk, Virginia, on November 1, 2025.
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On the campaign trail, El-Sayed has also evoked comparisons to Obama.
During El-Sayed’s first run for elected office in 2018 as he sought to become the nation’s first Muslim governor, his Ivy League background and rhetorical style drew frequent comparisons to that of the first Black president. While El-Sayed has noted commonalities with Obama, he’s argued that the former president’s politics didn’t go far enough — something that Stevens’ campaign pointed to during the primary.
But on Sunday, El-Sayed spoke admiringly of Obama, saying that it was an honor to get his advice on the campaign going forward.
The progressive described watching Obama’s speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, where he delivered a keynote speech in support of then-presidential nominee John Kerry.
“It’s the first time I ever saw myself reflected in politics at all,” El-Sayed said.