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Could Michelle Obama be the Top of the Ticket for the Dems in ’24? 

&NewLine;<p>After a seemingly powerful State of the Union address&comma; Democrats as a whole appear to be more confident with 80-year-old Joe Biden making another run for the White House&period; If he does&comma; he will be the oldest candidate ever to do so in American history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Still&comma; a vast majority of Democratic voters – over 70&percnt; &&num;8211&semi; say they would prefer to see someone else as their nominee&comma; and a name that has come up in several circles has been Michelle Obama&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The idea is not as far-fetched as you might think&period; Vice President Harris is even more unpopular among Democrats than her boss&comma; and the party doesn’t really have a deep bench of candidates&period; Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s miserable performance shows he’s incapable of running the country&period; Socialist Sen&period; Bernie Sanders &lpar;I-VT&rpar; would be 83 years old on his Inauguration Day&period; Sen&period; Amy Klobuchar &lpar;D-MN&rpar; likely lacks the charisma to gain national support&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>But like it or not&comma; there’s another candidate who just might save the day for the Dems&period; As abhorrent as the thought may be too many&comma; former first lady Michelle Obama’s name is increasingly being bandied about as a potential nominee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The concept of a Michelle Obama candidacy isn’t new&period; She’s been asked about her political aspirations for years but has thus far denied that she’d like to return to the White House&period; Asked back in November &OpenCurlyQuote;22 about a possible run&comma; for example&comma; Mrs&period; Obama replied with an emphatic &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;no&comma;” adding that she detests being asked that question&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Many future candidates say they’re not running until&comma; suddenly&comma; they are&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Obama has increased her public presence in recent months and even written a book — steps most politicians take ahead of a run for the presidency&period; Even some of her recent comments suggest she’s trying to tap into a key voter base Biden struggled to win over during the 2020 election &&num;8212&semi; suburban women&period; And&comma; notably&comma; Obama refused to endorse Biden for reelection when given the chance last November&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You know&comma; I&comma; I — I will have to see&comma;” she said when asked if she wants Biden to run again&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A Michelle Obama candidacy could pose a real challenge for Republicans&comma; especially if former President Donald Trump were the GOP nominee&period; Last March&comma; former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs in the Trump administration Monica Crowley<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;news&sol;article-10560673&sol;Michelle-Obama-2024-bid-Republicans-difficult-position-ex-Trump-aide-warns&period;html">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;a>warned&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If &lbrack;Democrats&rsqb; were to run&nbsp&semi;Michelle Obama&comma; that would put us in a very difficult position&period;” She described Obama as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;completely plausible&comma; very popular&comma; and immune to criticism&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If you think the idea of a President Michelle Obama is laughable&comma; or an impossibility&comma; don’t forget that the Democrats managed to pull a doddering&comma; a senile old man over the finish line in 2020 with the help of Big Tech and the legacy media&period; And they somehow convinced enough Pennsylvanians to put a stroke victim who struggles with basic communication in the Senate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>How much easier would it be for them to send the Obamas back to the White House&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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