Former Clinton aide predicts Obama will stay neutral in 2016 primary

McLarty noted that Obama appointed Vice President Biden to lead a task force on producing recommendations on gun violence.

“I mean, he’s put Vice President Biden on point in terms of some of these negotiations, and there may very well be some other very well-qualified candidates on the Democratic side, certainly on the Republican side,” McLarty said. “It really is a little too far to speculate, but I think the president really, probably, most likely stays neutral.