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Biden declined Obama's first request to vet him for the vice-presidential slot, fearing the vice presidency would represent a loss in status and voice from his Senate position, but he later changed his mind. [22] [23] In early August, Obama and Biden met in secret to discuss the possibility, [21] and developed a strong personal rapport. [24]
Obama told Americans to "let the process run its course," saying "it takes time to count every ballot." "It took several days to count every ballot in 2020, and it’s very likely we won’t know ...
Barack Obama writing a response to one of the ten letters he received each day as president from the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence. The Office of Presidential Correspondence is one of the largest and oldest offices in the White House, [1] and is a component of the Office of the White House Staff Secretary.
The message was also in support of the non-profit group When We All Vote. “Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service always inspires me,” Obama wrote. “This #MLKDay, I hope ...
The Obama-Biden ticket was the first winning ticket consisting of two sitting senators since 1960 (John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson) (in the previous election cycle Democrats also nominated two sitting senators, John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of North Carolina, but they lost to incumbents Bush and Cheney), and Obama became the ...
The senator, who ran against both Biden and Harris in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, gave the vice president his backing Tuesday. “I look forward to working with Kamala and Tim to ...
Obama won the election, gaining a seat previously represented by Republican Peter Fitzgerald. In 2008, Obama entered the Democratic primaries for the U.S. presidential election. Numerous candidates entered initially, but over time the field narrowed down to Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton from New York. The contest was highly competitive ...
In August 2008, Senator Barack Obama, the party's presumptive nominee, asked the credentials committee to let the two states have full voting rights at the convention. [50] The credentials committee met on August 24, the day before the convention began, and voted to restore full voting rights to Florida and Michigan.