Michelle Obama for president?
CNN asked the public whether they believe First Lady Michelle Obama should run for president in 2020, just as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did last year. The results: 83% answered no. Only 17% believe she should. That is a low amount, of course, but you could argue that the results would have been similar if CNN asked this question in 1994 about Hillary.
Still, she came darn close to the nomination of the Democratic Party and almost automatically, therefore, to the presidency.
Be that as it may, a run for president by Michelle Obama can be considered highly unlikely.
What does sound like a possible scenario, however, is an attempt by the First Lady to become a member of the U.S. Senate. As Hot Air explains: “Here’s how you’ll know if she’s serious about running for office herself: The One will shock the world by endorsing Roland Burris for Senate next year, implicitly signaling some sort of agreement by which Burris will retire come 2016 so that Michelle can run for the seat. Barring that, the Obamas will have no options except appointing Durbin to a cabinet post in his second term, freeing his seat for a special election.”
“Hillary blazed the trail in this area and the media loves Michelle even more than they loved her. Why wouldn’t she run?”
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Do people really plan that far ahead? To me she seems like a person still in the stage of trying on new and pretty shoes, not all that comfortable and sometimes wishing for her well-worn sneakers. It doesn’t seem like M Obama is much interested in politics, per se, except for husband. She is a much more traditional first lady than Hillary Clinton ever was. Hillary’s ambition was palpable.
This question was asked regarding Hillary Clinton (should she run for president) during her health care rollout in 1993 and over 40% responded “Yes”.
Noga – Hillary did.
If she wanted to follow the Senate tract – she does not need Burris to get out she just needs to look for any state that leans Left or is left – and establish residency in line with State rules.
Hillary in response – people knew back then that they didn’t want her elected to the big seat – it just took 14 years to see the realization.
Not gonna happen. Michelle Obama (who I’ve met here in Chicago on several occasions as my friends’ former boss, long before she got in the public eye) is not one to go into politics. Not her thing at all. Being a policy wonk at some think-tank, perhaps. Running for elected office, absolutely not. She didn’t even like her husband going into politics, but she knew what she signed up for when she married him and she didn’t want to hold him back.
Please to confirm Michelle to Hillary is a joke. For starters Hillary has a very strong political back ground, she is a born leader and has the balls, Michelle is just your typical house wife