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Harris was Obama’s choice. timing of Obama’s book publication is no coincidence. the Obamas will now be expecting dollars to flow Clinton-style into the Obama Foundation, if Biden/Harris/Obama are allowed to steal the election:

23 Aug: Guardian: Kamala Harris is Obama’s natural heir: another moderate child of radical parents
by Thomas Meaney and Samuel Moyn
(Thomas Meaney is a fellow at the Max Planck Society in Göttingen. Samuel Moyn is a professor of law and history at Yale)
Will the daughter of outspoken postcolonial progressives adopt their egalitarian vision?
Barack Obama, who as president first helped give Harris national recognition by asking her to speak at the Democratic national convention in 2012, is descended on his father’s side from a strikingly similar lineage, and defined himself in relation to it...

A law-and-order Democrat who is a favourite with Wall Street donors, Kamala Harris seems like a natural heir of Barack Obama’s legacy...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/23/kamala-harris-obamas-moderate-child-radical-parents-postcolonial

16 Oct:CNBC: Wall Street donors line up behind Biden in massive third-quarter fundraising haul
by Brian Schwartz
Tim Geithner, former Treasury secretary under President Barack Obama and current president of private equity firm Warburg Pincus, contributed $150,000 to the Biden Action Fund in August...

Jonathan Soros, an investor and son of billionaire George Soros, gave just under $145,000...

Biden Action also saw large contributions from leaders at Blackstone, JPMorgan Chase, ***The Carlyle Group (DOMINION CONNECTIONS?) and Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts, among other firms...
Several financee executives privately say that they’re tired of dealing with the impact of Trump’s tweets on their investments. They are starting to be convinced of a sweep by Democrats come Election Day.

Wall Street donors’ lack of enthusiasm for Trump comes even after the industry benefited from corporate and individual tax cuts passed during his administration...
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/16/wall-street-donors-line-up-behind-biden-in-massive-third-quarter-fundraising-haul.html

12 Aug: CNBC: Wall Street executives are glad Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris to be his VP running mate
by Brian Schwartz
Mike Kempner, the founder of public relations juggernaut, MWWPR, lauded Harris’ fundraising track record.
“She has a strong and active fundraising organization. She will be an important and immediate addition to the Biden fundraising effort. She is a fundraising star,” Kempner said...
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/11/joe-biden-vp-pick-wall-street-executives-are-happy-about-kamala-harris.html

17 Jul: Chicago Sun-Times: Obama Foundation contributions dropped in 2019; top staff pay increased, fundraising costs jumped
The foundation is also increasingly dependent on gifts from corporations and other foundations rather than from individuals, newly released records show.
By Lynn Sweet
Obama Foundation contributions dropped in 2019 for the second year in a row, while pay for top staffers increased and fundraising costs almost doubled, according to financial documents released Friday...
• Obama faces a formidable fundraising challenge. The Obama Center alone is estimated to cost at least $500 million to build. According to the Obama Center city ordinance, before construction can begin, the foundation has to certify to the city it has the funds or pledged gifts that in “the aggregate equal or exceed the Projected Total Construction Costs of the Presidential Center.”...

That report also shows the Obama Foundation is looking for contributions from beyond the U.S. — in Europe, South American, East Asia and other Pacific regions.
• The foundation staff is growing, to 203 in 2019 from 170 in 2018, according to the 990, which also reveals a leap in volunteers, to 985 in 2019 from 215 in 2018...READ ON
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/7/17/21329085/obama-center-foundation-contributions-dropped-2019-staff-pay-fundraising-jackson-park