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Why hasn't Barack Obama endorsed Kamala Harris until now?

2024-07-22 19:50:18Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Why hasn't Barack Obama endorsed Kamala Harris until now?
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Many of the big names in Democratic politics quickly began lining up behind Vice President Kamala Harris, but one major presence in the party is conspicuously and purposefully absent: Barack Obama.

The former president has not yet supported Mrs. Harris; in fact, he didn't even mention it once in his heartfelt response to President Biden shortly after he resigned on Sunday.

"Joe Biden has been one of America's most important presidents and a dear friend and partner to me," wrote Obama, who chose Biden as his running mate in 2008 because he said at the time that he wanted a running mate. older, more experienced, a man with "gray hair" and limited future presidential ambitions.

"We will be navigating uncharted waters in the coming days," Obama wrote in the post. "But I have tremendous confidence that the leaders of our party will be able to create a process that will produce an outstanding candidate."

Republicans interpreted that as an understatement. But people close to Obama, who has positioned himself as an impartial elder statesman on intraparty machinations, said not to read too much into it — and that they had no alternative candidates in mind when he made the decision not to. immediately supported Mrs. Harris.

Obama adopted an identical stance to four years ago, when Biden aides pressured him to endorse early in the Democratic primary before Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out.

(Obama's favorite phrase at the time was "I don't want to raise the bar")

Approval too early now would also be a political mistake — fueling criticism that Harris' nomination, if it came, was a coronation rather than the best possible consensus in hasty circumstances, they said.

Instead, Obama sees his role as helping to "bring the party together quickly once we have a candidate," said a person familiar with his thinking.

But there are other, more personal considerations that exacerbate Obama's innate care.

Biden is a deeply proud man, and he has never fully forgiven Obama for quietly supporting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign, and Biden still believes he could have beaten former President Donald J. Trump. year, if given the opportunity.

Obama wanted Sunday to be all about Biden, a celebration of his accomplishments — and not feel pressured to act hastily, according to a former White House official who speaks regularly with the former president.


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