if I forgot who I was talking to.

>I pay attention to what Obama thoughtfully instructs his
>Press Secretary (Josh Earnest) to say. As of yesterday (via
>Bloomberg) - Earnest reiterated that Obama has in fact not
>backed Hillary Clinton.

Yes, so as we agreed, no formal endorsement. And again, that's normally how it works when the sitting VP isn't running. However:

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/268994-jay-carney-obama-would-prefer-clinton-over-sanders

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/us/politics/obama-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders.html

>You know who Obama did come out to publicly support? Joe
>Biden. It's no secret that he wanted to endorse Biden should
>he have run - and he made it clear that he thought Biden would
>be an exceptional President.

He's also made it clear that he thinks Clinton would be an exceptional president. He's said he doesn't know Bernie as well, but that he'd probably be fine.

>Since Obama's personal choice -
>Joe Biden - declined to enter the race, Obama has remained
>neutral.
>
>You would know that if you stopped reading FiveThirtyEight
>bedtime stories every night.

I don't know why you're quite so obsessed with FiveThirtyEight. Yes, they are among the smartest sources of political discussion these days, because they base their arguments on data instead of feelings. That said, I only remember linking to a single one of their posts, and that was on a basic point that nobody who knows anything about polls would dispute. I guess it must have stung, though, just how wrong you were.