Article continues below advertisementBarack Obama was caught off guard - and definitely not thrilled - when Nancy Pelosi suddenly backed Kamala Harris for president right after Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race.Article continues below advertisementIn Jonathan Karl's new book Retribution, released Tuesday, October 28, the ABC News journalist wrote that Obama expected a fair selection process, not an instant handover of the nomination. He reportedly believed he and Pelosi were aligned on that strategy, so her endorsement left him stunned.