Harris who bet on Obama instead of Hillary....Obama 'receives' after 16 years

The eyes of the "20-year camaraderie" that pushed and dragged each other to the relief of Obama's aid speech
Harris in the "Obama halo" is the second black U.S. presidential challenge after that

Former President Barack Obama, who rewrote U.S. history as the first African-American president, will participate in the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris' Democratic presidential candidate, on the 20th (local time), drawing keen attention to the special relationship between the two for 20 years.

Former President Obama, who has been a focal point of the U.S. Democratic Party even after leaving office, has been under the spotlight for playing some role as an "invisible hand" in the face of President Joe Biden's resignation. After a while after Biden's dropout, former President Obama expressed his public support with his wife Michelle Obama on the 26th of last month, effectively sealing Vice President Harris' nomination.

If Harris is elected in the U.S. presidential election on November 5, she will be the second black president and the first black female president, following former President Obama, who was the first black president in U.S. history.


The New York Times (NYT) reported in an article titled "Behind the Obama-Harris Friendship: Core Support and Consciousness of Compassion" that former President Obama repays the favor of Vice President Harris for supporting him in the 2008 presidential election through a speech at the Democratic National Convention.

"Harris' decision to push Obama in the 2008 presidential race, when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was once the mainstream, was a political adventure and a success," the New York Times said.

According to sources familiar with the matter, former President Obama has worked hard to prepare for the convention speech three months ago.

Last month, President Joe Biden resigned as a presidential candidate and had to revise the contents, but Vice President Harris, who took the mound, has been politically supportive with former President Obama for as many as 20 years, the New York Times reported.


Former President Obama's relationship with Vice President Harris dates back to 2004, 20 years ago.

Harris, then the chief prosecutor of the city of San Francisco, connected with former President Obama, who is running for Senate, by helping him hold a fundraiser in San Francisco.

The two men, who are one of the few mixed-race politicians who survived the mainstream of white politics, quickly bonded.

The two, who shared a similar political orientation, developed a deeper trust relationship with Vice President Harris' support for former President Obama, who ran for president in 2008.

Clinton, who was Obama's Democratic presidential candidate at the time, is a leading presidential contender with overwhelming support in the party, and not many people believe Obama, a young senator, will win the race.

However, Vice President Harris publicly supported former President Obama against the party's general public opinion, and actively represented the meaning of Obama's challenge to become the first black president and assumed a strong supporter throughout the election.

As a result, this move provided a great foothold for Vice President Harris' subsequent political growth.

When former President Obama won the presidential election that year, Vice President Harris, who supported him, also rose, and some called him "Woman Obama" and paid more attention.

Vice President Harris was elected in 2011, challenging California's attorney general and attorney general shortly after former President Obama took office.

Brian Brokker, who was campaigning for Harris' attorney general, told the New York Times that "there was an Obama halo. He gave Harris a light."

Since then, former President Obama has reportedly praised Vice President Harris for being "very smart" to his aides.

Even after Harris became the first black, Asian and female vice president in the Biden administration, former President Obama provided political advice and supported Harris whenever he had difficulties, according to the New York Times.

Vice President Harris, who is trying to become the first president of color and woman this time, is keeping a special relationship with him enough to call former President Obama as the third to fourth of the 100 people who called on the day President Biden decided to resign as a Democratic presidential candidate last month, the New York Times reported.

Vice President Harris recently recruited former President Obama's staff as key leaders of the presidential campaign.

The New York Times said former President Obama and Vice President Harris share a political view based on the belief that growing up of people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds like them shows the strength of the United States, and both have dedicated their political careers to helping Americans build cultural bridges across political differences.