President Obama: Michelle will never run for office
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama has tamped down any speculation that first lady Michelle Obama may one day run for office herself.
In an interview with Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner conducted the day after the presidential election earlier this month, Obama said, Michelle will never run for office.
He added, She is as talented a person as I know. You can see the incredible resonance she has with the American people. But I joke that shes too sensible to want to be in politics.
Obama also said in the interview published online Monday that once he leaves office in January, he and his wife will continue to be very active on their belief that when you work with people on the ground at a grassroots level, change happens.
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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2016/11/30/president-obama-michelle-will-never-run-for-office/
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,013 posts)I'd sure love to vote for her!
ctw1
(26 posts)msongs
(67,420 posts)I love 'em both, and holy fuck I'll miss 'em both! But shouldn't that declaration be coming from Michelle?
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)A lot can happen in four years!
ALBliberal
(2,342 posts)Might head up the DNC? Not really an elected office is it? Crazy I know.
They are both so young talented gifted smart. A true blessing to our party.
LisaM
(27,813 posts)More power to her if she doesn't want to run for office. If she wanted to run for something, I'm sure she'd be good at it, but I don't see how this rises to the level of breaking news, frankly.
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)She wouldn't win for the same reasons Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton couldn't win; After G.W. Bush the nation is done with political dynasties.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)we are a country of over 300 million people, but many want just a couple families running the show.
voteearlyvoteoften
(1,716 posts)She would be an effective leader. Never say never give her a few years
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)that she didn't have the temperament to run for office.
https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/blogs/ticket/obamas-view-michelle-barack-155019918--politics.html
We need to get away from political dynasties, anyway. The already nation rejected 2 in 2016.