Barack Obama has been one of the ore supporters and campaigners for Kamala Harris during the US Presidential elections 2024, but his efforts went down to a losing cause after Donald Trump broke all records to emerge as the President-elect of the United States. Ever since then, reports suggest that Obama has been losing his grip on the Democratic Party's rank and file, with a majority of them being demoralized by the epic loss faced by Kamala Harris.
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The Democratic sun may have stopped shining on the Obama family, with Barack facing the wrath of it through criticisms from the Dems, which is a very new experience, as he has earlier been remembered quite fondly for his ten years of consecutive, and 'glorious' Presidency.
Obama's seal of approval, especially during the Democratic National Convention 2024, gave Harris the necessary throttle she needed, but that was not enough for her to manage a win, and she even ended up losing the strong hold regions of Obama, which he had won during his two successful campaigns.
Democratic strategist Julian Epstein was one of the first to point out a flaw in Barack Obama and a handful of senior Dems' judgement, as they took to batting for a completely untested candidate, Kamala Harris, when Joe Biden resigned, possibly
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