Obama honors Biden’s move to drop out — but is split on Kamala Harris endorsement Former President Barack Obama honored President Joe Biden‘s decision Sunday to exit the 2024 race, but he notably split with the president when it came to immediately endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden endorsed Harris, who is set to inherit Biden’s nearly $100 million campaign war chest, roughly a half-hour after announcing his decision on Sunday. Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton followed in Biden’s stead and voiced support for Harris. Obama, however, made no mention of the vice president in his own statement regarding Biden’s decision, instead emphasizing a “process” that needs to come next. “We will be navigating uncharted waters in the days ahead. But I have extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our party will be able to create a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges,” the former president wrote. “I believe that Joe Biden’s vision of a generous, prosperous, and united America that provides opportunity for everyone will be on full display at the Democratic Convention in August. And I expect that every single one of us are prepared to carry that message of hope and progress forward into November and beyond.”
Obama knows Harris has no political talent and will probably lose as well. They should rally around Beshear if they want the best chance to win.
The democrats can only nominate Kamala and keep some semblence that she is the party's choice because while Biden won the primary, it was largely expected that she would be his running name. (A vote for Biden was a vote for Kamala possibly).