Dreamy. But not happening.

Edit to add: MO would outshine ANY presidential candidate.

She does not.

that she doesn't like politics. She writes about those feelings in her book. It took a lot for her to accept her husband's love of politics. She wrote in her book about how when she fell in love with him that she didn't really understand what she was signing up for.

It isn't going to happen.

not happening

i am wish me luck.

her private life after leaving the WH. We’ve got many other wonderful, talented and smart women to choose from. Time to let Michelle be.

And there are so many other ways she can and has contributed.

silly season I guess.

she and Mr. Obama need to just keep doing what they are doing right now

she should not stoop to being on stage with Pence

..current democratic senators to stay put. Including warren, Harris, Klobuchar--when we take the executive, senate ae sill need them there to clean up friking mess..we need their experience so we can get his country on track. Damn it--we've lost frking 4 years bc of pendejo [frikng moron ] in WH, then once all is back in order..we shore up laws so this [having an unqualified sob as president ] doesn't ever happen again.

So O'Rouke, Castro [from Texas] whose in Florida? We electoral votes from TX and FL--I'm sure Biden is looking at who can help win those states

I want a politician. I like her well enough. She was a great first lady.

But I want a politician.

As much as I respect Michelle Obama, she has never had any government experience besides as First Lady (she's never been elected to anything), and she'd probably be the first to admit she isn't qualified in that respect. We already have at least a half-dozen experienced, respected women who could fill that job brilliantly. Nobody should be pressuring her into taking a job she clearly doesn't want. Trying to draft someone who is clearly uninterested is really kind of an insult to the women who were actual candidates or who have served in other elected offices.

why?
because no one in america is more trusted than MO, and what we need most in government is for the people to TRUST the govt.
the VP is largely a symbolic post, so no insult is intended for any of the fine choices Biden otherwise has, In fact i have no expectation that this will come to be so i realize this post is half in jest. My reality is that i hope Biden picks Stacey Abrams, i think we will need her to combat voter suppression and I'm a fanboy, but my number one fantasy choice will always be MO
and thanks for replying, i love your stuff Velveteen Ocelot!

...especially when the president is 78-82 years old (as Biden will be over a 4 year term).

I really see no appeal in this, and don't know why people keep fantasizing about it. She has almost no relevant experience, we don't even really know what her policies/positions would look like (unless you're simply of the mind that "any Dem will do&quot , and she is not a rock star in favorability outside the Dem base (yougov says overall 57% favorable, 30% unfavorable, which is very good, but not game changing, and probably only even that high because she's not running for anything and not saying or doing anything controversial).

B) She's not going to be asked.

That's that.

she's just not that type of person.

national politics is a terrible business on a personal level. if you're a crook; a sociopath; or a super-ambitious, egotistical, savior-wannabe, then politics is great. but for real people, it's a horrible line of work.

michelle is so real and down-to-earth and smart and sensible that she would be a refreshing change. but the job would chew her up and spit her out. or, more precisely, republicans and the right-wing press would. i think she knows damn well how hard it is on a president and their family, and wouldn't want to go through that again.


hey, some of the best singers ever have stage fright. it's great to dream of seeing them perform live, but sometimes you gotta accept that it's just not going to happen.

Roosevelt did not want Truman. He wanted James Byrnes, who had the title of assistant president, or William O Douglas, Justice of the Supreme Court. Party leaders wanted Truman and pressured Roosevelt to accept. He didn't and the vote went to the convention delegates. After three votes Truman got enough delegates to be selected. Roosevelt never had a significant conversation with Truman from the time they were elected until Roosevelt died. Truman knew nothing about WW II strategy and plans other than what he read in the paper.

she has no desire to run. Leave her alone!

and had a responsibility to the party. Michelle Obama is a private citizen.

Please leave her alone. Thank you.



#newrostrong

Put Barack on SCOTUS! Really make the MAGAts heads explode.

I would love to see Michelle on the ticket, but I don't think she would do it.

How about Hillary as Secretary of State again?

This dim tomfoolery serves no purpose, we need a VP with actual credentials, not a feel-good fantasy draft.

so who would you pick?

you are correct, i was referencing this anecdote of the reluctant Truman:

"On Wednesday, Truman and the leaders gathered in Hannegan's suite in Blackstone Hotel. Hannegan called Roosevelt while Truman listened, and told him that Truman was a contrary Missouri mule. Roosevelt replied loudly, so everyone in the room could hear, "Well, tell him if he wants to break up the Democratic Party in the middle of a war, that's his responsibility," and slammed down the receiver. Truman was dumbstruck, but after a few moments replied, "Well, if that is the situation, I'll have to say yes. But why the hell didn't he tell me in the first place?" By another account he just said, "Jesus Christ." Before the call, Hannegan and Roosevelt had agreed what each one should say."

*from Ferrell, Choosing Truman, pages 61-62; Ferrell, Harry S. Truman: a Life, page 170

If recollection serves, the Truman Committee looked into waste in weapons procurement during the war.

Wallace went on to run as an independent in '48, his campaign dwindling to the point it was virtually an association of CPUSA fellow travelers. Several adults of my acquaintance when I was young told me they had meant to vote for him, right up to entering the booth, where they switched to casting a ballot for Mr. Truman. The presence of the Dixiecrat Thurmond concentrated the mind wonderfully for sensible folk on the left. That was a four-way race: nothing like it has ever been seen since.


"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

We have plenty of qualified women and/or POC.

Michelle Obama has done absolutely nothing to make her a serious consideration for Vice-President.

The VP is just a heartbeat away from being President. There is not a reason to think that Michelle Obama would be a good President, other than the we like her.

I'd go with Michelle Obama, if our bench was absolutely empty. But it's not.

Seriously, I think she's over politics.