President Obama will stay in the fight to save lives and America's standing in the world

President Obama will not be getting the quiet retirement he deserves. Instead, he’s going to have to fight to preserve his legacy and battle—with the rest of us—for the country’s future. He and some former aides are getting ready for that fight. First up: reviving and revamping Organizing for Action.

Though OFA has been mostly quiet over the last two months and made no formal announcements, its Chicago headquarters has been filling up with new hires, including several old campaign aides, who are planning to focus on the mechanics of campaigns, from running Obama-style persuasion programs, integrating data and running paid canvassing operations. Though the first goal is designing the program for what they’ll aim to make hundreds of workshops nationwide, there’s already talk moving toward endorsing candidates.

OFA has been something of a disappointment during Obama’s presidency, but if they could bring more of the Obama campaign style to fighting Trump, that could be powerful.

One of the big questions is whether and how Obama himself would be publicly involved in the fight against Donald Trump’s ugly policies. It would be a departure from normal for a president to publicly criticize his successor—but the Trump regime will already be so far from normal that Obama has to consider it.