The two men were friends well before the White House years and have bonded over shared personal experiences and a strikingly similar approach to politics. - NBCBLK
For now, the former president appears content to stay on the sidelines and offer occasional counsel to the candidates he is closest to, including Patrick.
Patrick, who made his first campaign appearance in New Hampshire on Thursday, said Obama had given him “great insights about his own experiences and about his experience with some of the other candidates and what he thought the strengths and weaknesses of the campaign, of my campaign, might be.” Obama and Patrick first connected in the 1990s, long before either was a national political figure. Both graduated from Harvard Law School and were shaped by their experiences on the South Side of Chicago, where Patrick grew up and Obama worked as a community organizer. Later, when Obama and his family vacationed during their summers in the White House at Martha’s Vineyard, Patrick and his family made regular visits from Boston.
In addition to Axelrod and Plouffe, Obama confidante and White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett is particularly close to Patrick and urged his campaign for president.
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