Posted on 10/28/2025 9:24:24 AM PDT by bitt
The Democratic Party's coronation of Kamala Harris as their 2024 presidential nominee wasn't the smooth, unified effort they wanted the public to believe. Behind closed doors, it was pure chaos, with Barack Obama furious at Nancy Pelosi for moving too fast and essentially backing Kamala’s anointing before anyone else had a shot at it.
When Joe Biden finally bowed out of the race in July 2024, Nancy Pelosi wasted almost no time throwing her support behind Kamala. Less than a day after Biden's announcement, Pelosi was all in on Harris. The problem? According to excerpts from Jonathan Karl’s forthcoming book, Retribution, revealed by The Daily Mail, Pelosi and Obama had supposedly agreed not to make immediate endorsements. The plan was to let the process play out, give other potential candidates a chance, and avoid just handing the nomination to Harris on a silver platter. Obama wanted an open process, not a coronation, and he definitely didn't want the then-vice president steamrolling her way to the top of the ticket without any real competition.
So when Pelosi broke ranks and endorsed Kamala anyway, Obama was livid, to say the least, according to Karl’s book:
"The former president wanted to know what had happened. Why had Pelosi issued a statement endorsing Harris so soon? Hadn't he and Pelosi agreed days earlier that party leaders anointing the vice president as Biden’s replacement would be a mistake?"
According to sources close to the situation, Obama called Pelosi, and, as a confidant summed it up, his reaction was, "What the f—k did you just do?" That's not exactly the tone of a guy who's thrilled with how things are going. Obama clearly wanted to play kingmaker here — past reports suggested he wanted Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.)
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This is just more of what Rush called “phony-baloney, plastic banana, goodtime rock-and-roll”
Meaningless Democrat mummery.
> Barack Obama furious at Nancy Pelosi <
I hate seeing two old women fight.
They’re not called “strange bedfellows” for nothing!!!
Does anyone doubt that Dear Leader Zer0 was not pilling the puppet strings during the term of Xao Bi-Dung?
Wonder who Barry really wanted to run?
Big Mike?
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Brocko wanted Mark Kelly? Kelly’s a toad. His only two accomplishments are having a wife who was shot and going around in big circles.
And doesn’t the kenyan know his party is still in full intersectionality mode? Kelly is near the bottom of that totem pole. The only way the cadaver got the top of their previous ticket was by the party holding its collective noses and swallowing hard.
She tears em up, doesn’t she?
I can’t muster up any schadenfreude over this. Its talking about events that, even though they occurred last year, seem like they occurred ages ago. Trump has created a new world where Obama and Pelosi backstabbing each other over the Dem nomination is old and tired.
MARK KELLY IS RIDING THE COAT TAILS OF HIS INJURED WIFE.
BY HIMSELF: “THERE IS NO ‘THERE’ THERE.
Did I mention I'm not a fan?
My recollection was that less than 24 hours after Biden withdrew, Biden endorsed Harris. This endorsement and the issue about already raised money going to someone not on the ticket it forced everyone’s hand.
“past reports suggested he wanted Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.)”
Cat fight! 🐈⬛
The ONLY reason Joe BITE Me endorsed KamALa was he cut a deal about getting some of that campaign slush fund money into his own personal coffers! As Rush used to say “Do Not Doubt Me on this”
🤣🤣🤣 That guy is creepy!
Golly, I wonder who he would have preferred? Maybe his husband, Mike?
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