https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/obama-pelosi-did-not-want-harris-democratic-megadonor/
Barrack and Pelosi didn’t want Harris?
Barrack and Pelosi didn’t want Harris?
Plus I think they didn't want to look like they were overlooking someone who checked all the DEI boxes. I can't imagine ANYONE in the power group of dems who actually believed that Harris would make a good candidate or President. They had the hubris to think that they could cover for her the way they covered for Biden for 3+ years. They and their partners in legacy media failed miserably on both counts.... damaging the country in the process.This is all after the fact blame game. They ran Kamala because she was on the ticket and the only candidate that could access Bidens warchest of campaign funds. They were all in on it. They went with the $. If they were so against it, why did they endorse her? Those are two powerful Dem voices. Hard for me to believe that after they talked Biden to step aside that they sat on their hands and let Biden make the call. It was about the $.
They may not have come up with a better candidate or one that would’ve beaten Trump, but not only did they ride a horrible candidate, but they damage the credibility of the party by not following, any kind of process with delegates.Given the timing of when he dropped (was forced) out, the democrats were really left with no choice but to nominate Harris. There was a fair amount of pushback because she skipped the democratic process. It would have been far worse if they just picked someone else.
I’m glad they stuck with Harris in that sense. I wouldn’t be shocked if Obama and Pelosi didn’t want her, but I’d be shocked if they thought there was a path to install someone else.
The reality is that she was just a REALLY bad candidate. Obama and Pelosi likely knew that, but it was too late.