When then-Sen. Barack Obama kicked off his 2008 presidential campaign with a raucous rally in Springfield, Illinois, eagle-eyed political observers might have noticed a surprising face in the crowd: San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris.
Kamala Harris spends New Year's Eve at Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 31, 2007.Harris was both an early Obama supporter and a fierce convert to his bold vision for reshaping Democrats’ costly and inefficient state field operations.