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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichelle Obama Announces Possible Senate Run – The GOP Immediately FREAKS Out (DETAILS)
Is it possible that the Obamas want to remain in Washington, D.C., because they are not finished with politics? Of course, they want their daughter Sasha to finish high school. But Michelle Obama dropped some huge hints about her next career move. The GOP is not happy.
Political analysts are starting to believe the First Lady would consider running for the Senate, at a minimum. President Michelle Obama would be Liberal heaven. That is not too far of a reach. After all, she has a career history of powerful jobs.
So, what are those hints that she might follow her husband into the Oval Office? Political historians have described her speech on the first night of the Democratic National Conventions [DNC] as one of the best political speeches in decades.
Special:
Mrs. Obama offered up this memorable line:
When they go low, we go high.
http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/08/18/michelle-obama-announces-possible-senate-run-the-gop-immediately-freaks-out-details/
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Is Dick Durbin planning to retire?
JI7
(89,251 posts)But i don't think she wants to run at all .
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)To be a Senator, she'd have be around other Senators.
Republican Senators, specifically.
I wouldn't want to spend any more time around those obstructionist assholes than I had to.
7962
(11,841 posts)Person 2713
(3,263 posts)we are currently plagued with . He is a terrible govenor check out the bipartisan voting bill he vetoed recently
Anyway if Durbin became our next gov , our home FLOTUS could win the senate
Win win IMO if u live here
wolfie001
(2,251 posts)I hope it plays out!
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)Why would Dick Durbin want to leave his safe seat in the U.S. Senate to become governor of the colossal mess that is in Springfield, Illinois?
global1
(25,252 posts)murielm99
(30,745 posts)We have a republican scum in office right now who is destroying the state and trying to bust all the unions. He is very unpopular. Michelle could win Durbin's seat in a runaway. I hope Durbin is our next Governor, and Michelle is our senator, alongside Tammy Duckworth!
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Had no idea Durbin was interested in changing roles.
Johnyawl
(3,205 posts)...And Michelle could run for Governor. win/win either way.
And that would be breaking new ground, rather then following in former First Lady Clinton's footsteps.
AND the republican heads would still explode.
liberalla
(9,249 posts)Person 2713
(3,263 posts)It's an Illinois thing right now and brutal
I would love to have our home FLOTUS represent us in the senate and she has been in business !legal,and academic circles on her own in Illinois , then with her husband , the political and society circles in Illinois when he was state and US.
Harvest Princeton law creds too
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)on his running .
Also he will check out the safety numbers after November , but he is also a Dem senate leader and not just one more vote. As a person in need of a new gov it's tempting but I also appeciTe his leadership and activism in the senate. He has built a legacy but he knows his state is in trouble
F Rauner
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)Pukes aways give the media something to talk about to distract from important stuff. Whether true or not, this will give them something to chew on.
If they ask her, she should at least say, "Hmm, that's a pretty good idea."
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)Stellar
(5,644 posts)if he does. Who knows?
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)aggiesal
(8,916 posts)lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)The Kochs would spend a pot full of money running someone against
her to nip her political career in the bud early and they would still lose.
Great sig line!
megahertz
(126 posts)Unless I've missed something, that article's headline is misleading.
Still, I'd love to see her as a Senator, if she's interested!
sheshe2
(83,788 posts)Lol~ I sure would love to see it happen. She would be awesome!
canetoad
(17,167 posts)Exciting as the idea of PMO may be, there is no way on earth they could extrapolate 'announcing a senate run' from that information.
On Edit: Welcome to DU
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Literally make up a lie headline just to generate clicks.
sheshe2
(83,788 posts)I doubt it is real, yet a girl can dream~!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Who may have missed the "Bipartisan Report" name in the link.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)http://bipartisanreport.com/sample-page-2/
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oberliner
(58,724 posts)As the OP hopefully demonstrates.
The headline, as you can see if you read the article, is made up BS.
sheshe2
(83,788 posts)You: oberliner (39,464 posts)
8. Clickbait garbage from "Bipartisan Report"
Literally make up a lie headline just to generate clicks.
Me: sheshe2 (34,003 posts)
9. Then why did you click?
I doubt it is real, yet a girl can dream~!
You: oberliner (39,464 posts)
11. To alert my fellow DUers
Who may have missed the "Bipartisan Report" name in the link.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)Really, you knew it was baseless clickbait, but you passed it on as if it was a proper article. Please, you waste people's time with this.
sheshe2
(83,788 posts)Yikes you have lost all sense of humor .....jaysus ya take yourself far to seriously.
It was funny.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)She is a lawyer, after all.
And President Obama should be on the Supreme Court, replacing Scalia.
sheshe2
(83,788 posts)pkdu
(3,977 posts)pnwmom
(108,980 posts)I don't think they could appoint both Barack AND Michelle to the Supreme Court -- and he is the Constitutional law expert, after all.
pkdu
(3,977 posts)Senate.
Note likely - but the splodey head heaven would be a sight to behold. . even just the rumour of it...can you imagine , around Nov 21st..president-elect HRC considering nominating both Barack and Michele... awe----some.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)HarmonyRockets
(397 posts)And who in the GOP immediately freaked out after the announcement? The title is an outright lie.
sheshe2
(83,788 posts)It's funny and stranger things have happened.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)So it's kinda lame to present it as real news on a site where people like to stay on top of actual information.
NBachers
(17,119 posts)spooky3
(34,457 posts)while we're waiting for DC statehood.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Obama/Biden(Jill) whatever year they want to run!
Thanks for this article. I am gonna sleep good tonight.
msongs
(67,413 posts)greatlaurel
(2,004 posts)She would be great on the court, but that speech at the convention shows she is a natural politician.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Pres. Obama has potential, and I think the inclination to a post president in a tradition of Jimmy Carter. He would not have a lot of leeway to venture into the grassroots territory he has been drawn to in the past if Michelle were in the senate.
ffr
(22,670 posts)We'd be just as screwed up as they are.
Phuck
Them!
I couldn't give a hoot what those GOP morans think. The only thing that matters is that our elected official serve their constituents, i.e. govern. The rest is political B.S.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)there lives there.
They have certainly earned it and would no doubt do a lot of good in some way or another.
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Chitown Kev
(2,197 posts)Nope.
Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)It's so awesome to hear them gripe and whine!
http://cafepress.com/hillaryforamerica2016
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)It's not like there isn't precedent for that!
tenndem1
(12 posts)That would be awesome. She has the mind, character, and is as good a speaker, as the President. Go Girl!!!
onenote
(42,714 posts)And folks here who think there is a snowball's chance in hell of either the President or the First Lady ending up on the Supreme Court or in the Senate are just dreaming.Ain't. Gonna. Happen.
keithbvadu2
(36,823 posts)Michelle Bachmann for President
.
keithbvadu2
(36,823 posts)Her running mate, Enzyte Smilin' Bob
.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Person 2713
(3,263 posts)See post #58
And don't freak out
keithbvadu2
(36,823 posts)ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)That the President's husband/wife is assumed to be on a path to future Presidential bid. President Melania Trump
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)TomCADem
(17,387 posts)....misleading title.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)oh please oh please oh please!
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)I don't think we should be putting out false information like this, even if it was published somewhere.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)We lack them at times.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)it gets confusing when people like you and I expect stories to be true, and other people are ok with imaginative works.
Lisa0825
(14,487 posts)I think they should be banned as a source here.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)and it was shot down and deleted last night. IDK, it may not be true.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)IronLionZion
(45,450 posts)and Puerto Rico too if they want it.
Senator Michelle Obama has a very nice ring to it. Kind of like Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama also sounds very good.
vdogg
(1,384 posts)It's an outright lie. She hasn't announced anything. Why even post this?
Nitram
(22,813 posts)How do we get "Michelle Obama Announces Possible Senate Run" from an article that states, "Political analysts are starting to believe the First Lady would consider running for the Senate." Three weasel words/phrases, "starting", "to believe", "would consider." C'mom guys,cut it out. If the original headline is totally bogus, don't post the article.
sheshe2
(83,788 posts)I wish people would stop posting divisive threads here demeaning our President elect. They are still happening artfully.
Give it a break. It was fun not fact. Every once in awhile we gotta laugh or dream. When we stop laughing and dreaming, well we die a little bit inside.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)She's seen how the Congress has treated her husband,
and I suspect she can't want for January 2017 to come soon enough.