Michelle Obama thinks her husband shouldn't run again if he loses in 2008. Ask me if I give a F**K.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Obama: My wife says 'now or never'

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/28/obama-my-wife-doesnt-want-another-white-house-run/



WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa (CNN) — Barack Obama told an Iowa audience Friday that his wife Michelle thinks he should not run for president again if he loses in 2008. “One of the things I offer in this race is that we still remember what it means to be normal," said the Illinois senator. "My wife and I were talking the other day. And she said 'We're not doing this again'. And those of you who met her know she doesn't mince words,” said Obama. “She meant that in eight years, I'm not sure we'll be the same people we are now." He said that he and his wife had only recently finished paying off their own student loans and started saving for their kids' college education. He also said that, until recently, he would do the family's grocery shopping himself. He said Michele told him, "eight years from now we will have lost touch with what ordinary Americans are going through" and that "we'll be in a different orbit."

"I think when you're in Washington for a long time you lose touch" and "it becomes harder to relinquish power,” he added. But he told the audience in this blue-collar town, "my wife still shops at Target." In the new issue of Vanity Fair, Michelle Obama tells a reporter that when it comes to her husband's White House bid, “it’s now or never.”

“We’re not going to keep running and running and running, because at some point you do get the life beaten out of you. It hasn’t been beaten out of us yet," she tells the magazine. "We need to be in there now, while we’re still fresh and open and fearless and bold. You lose some of that over time. Barack is not cautious yet; he’s ready to change the world, and we need that.”

Obama was responding to question from an undecided voter on executive power, and whether the senator would be willing to relinquish some of the power that President Bush has accrued. Approached after the event, the undecided voter who asked the question said he hopes if Obama loses this time that he does run again: "I think he could make a good President," said Paul Kessler. But he told CNN that he's still uncommitted: "I'm going to read every candidates' website and decide on policy. Not emotion.

[DemKR]

1. its a tactic

designed to get the people who like him but aren't sure he's ready yet-that its now or never. Des-per-ation

[sniffa]

2. i swear i read this exact same post somewhere

hmmm. :think:

[1corona4u]

3. Probably because it's been in the news today....

not sure why now.......oh, wait a second.......

[Clintonista2]

21. I can't believe it. Sniffa now has a jar-jar binks avatar

Just when you think that he couldn't get any more annoying...

[Ken Burch]

8. Of course, it could drive up the anti-Obama vote among those who wanna make sure.

n/t.

[bigdarryl]

19. I don't think so Michell is serious

[Hippo_Tron]

25. I agree with you that it's a tactic, but it's not desparation

It's smart politics.

[AlCzervik]

4. Do you give a fuck?

:D

[bigwillq]

5. Take your toys and go home Michelle

:eyes:

[Cameron27]

6. Who cares?

If she doesn't want him to run again, fine, he should go back home if he loses. What a strange thing to bring up a few days before the caucus.

[Ken Burch]

9. Besides, Pat Nixon didn't want Dick to run again and he still...

Oh, sorry, I didn't wanna remind everybody.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Olney Blue]

7. I think this is an amazing couple, and I really like them.

[hayu_lol]

11. Obama could very well win this thing...

if he does, as his wife has said, we will be different people. If he does not win, he has shown both the country and the world that we have overcome our rampant racism from the last century.

He will have other opportunities should this one pass him by.

Pretty much a tie right now between the leaders.

[LittleClarkie]

10. Apparently you do, or you wouldn't have posted a thread about it

I don't see what the big deal would be about such a comment, and he's not even my candidate. Certainly don't see the reason for hostility.

[TeamJordan23]

12. LOL. Agree. nm

[TwilightGardener]

13. Why post on it then? Not gettin' ya. If you don't care, don't start a thread.

[angstlessk]

14. so, he is not so power hungry as to continue to run for president no matter the outcome?

sounds like she thinks running for president is a VERY stressful and time consuming thing to do and anyone who has any sense (SEE AL GORE) would not attempt it twice in a lifetime..if they were sane!

[Catherine Vincent]

15. uh, apparently you do. nt

[BlueManDude]

16. He's a showhorse not a workhorse - this is his last race for anything. Bank on it. n/t

[TeamJordan23]

22. And where was Edwards' populism four years ago? nm

[BlueManDude]

27. Edwards was talking about "2 Americas" 4 years ago. nm

[depakid]

17. The way it's going, he might end up a one term Senator

He's basically used the Senate to bump himself into the presidential race. People had high expectations, and so perhaps it was inevitable that they'd be let down.

[Nailzberg]

29. I'll vote for him again. Twice.

The privilege of being a Cook County voter.

[KennedyGuy]

18. I don't think he should be running now..

running for congressional page perhaps..
but Prez...Nah!

[damntexdem]

20. Do you give a ...

aw, never mind.

[2rth2pwr]

23. Why is everything about you? nt

[AZBlue]

24. Ask me if I give a f**k what your opinion on it is.

Nope.

[alteredstate]

26. If you don't give a fuck, why are you wasting your time by starting this thread?

n/t

[indimuse]

28. obama?

what's a obama?:eyes:

[CyberPieHole]

30. I guess he won't be running again, then.

:evilgrin: