Ex-Obama campaign manager joins Harris team; VP keeps rest of Biden’s squad intact
David Plouffe, former campaign manager for President Barack Obama, has joined Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, and the new Democratic nominee has retained her entire leadership team for President Biden’s re-election effort. Harris secured the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, just weeks before the Democratic National Convention begins Aug. 19 in Chicago. The vice […]
Progressive staffers rebel at ex-Obama aide’s media empire
The media company founded by former aides to President Barack Obama and funded in part by George Soros, which produces the influential podcast “Pod Save America,” is reportedly plagued by internal conflict between its progressive staff and its moderate bosses. Tensions at Los Angeles-based Crooked Media have been fuelled by disagreements among staff over the […]
Ex-Obama Official Rejoices At Kamala Harris Not Facing ‘Brutal’ American ‘Primary Process’
Former President Barack Obama’s White House communications director, Jennifer Palmieri, expressed joy Friday that Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t have to fight a tough primary election to become the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee. President Joe Biden abruptly dropped out of the presidential race on Sunday to endorse Harris, who is running on a party line […]
Michelle Obama candidacy rumors are from GOP: Ex-Obama staffer
(News Nation) — A call from the former First Lady Michelle Obama participate 2024 Presidential Election “It’s not coming from Democratic activists, it’s coming from Republicans who are trying to pit her against Vice President Harris,” said party strategist Amecia Cross.Cuomo” “To be honest with you, I think the right isn’t doing this because they […]
Yearslong tensions boil over as ex-Obama staffers gang up on Biden: ‘Clooney was exactly right’
The criticism of Biden by former Obama staffers, including calls for him to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, is a stark reminder of well-known tensions between the two former White House officials dating back nearly two decades. Biden and Obama’s often awkward relationship reportedly began shortly after Obama was elected to the Senate in […]
Ex-Obama aides are among Biden’s loudest postdebate Democratic critics
Former aides to President Barack Obama have been among the most vocal in the fierce Democratic debate over whether Biden should withdraw from the presidential race. David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to former President Barack Obama, has repeatedly cast doubt on Biden’s chances of winning, saying this week that Biden has lost the race […]