How Obama boosted Harris and continues to shape the Democratic Party

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-14 19:22:58 | Updated at 2024-11-22 19:04:48 1 week ago

How Obama boosted Harris and continues to shape the Democratic Party
Reuters ^ | 8/20/24 | Jeff Mason

Posted on 11/14/2024 11:20:20 AM PST by DallasBiff

CHICAGO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - After Kamala Harris secured the Democratic presidential nomination in an unprecedented party upheaval, she got some advice from former President Barack Obama: Tap the campaign talent pool that is out there; you can have anyone you want. Within days, Obama's former campaign manager David Plouffe and other high profile alumni from Obama's 2008 and 2012 election efforts joined her nascent campaign. "He just wanted her to know that she was in a position to recruit anyone she thought they needed," said a source familiar with Obama's and Harris' conversation.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: kamala; obama; trump

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I know from a few months ago, the radical obamas, kamala, and their minions in the press were so giddy.

1 posted on 11/14/2024 11:20:20 AM PST by DallasBiff

To: DallasBiff

Any security clearance Obama still has should be pulled

2 posted on 11/14/2024 11:21:15 AM PST by butlerweave

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