The rats must murder each other, down to the last.
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At this moment the race for the Democratic nomination in 2020 appears to be completely wide open, but there is one potential candidate lurking in the shadows that could change everything. For a moment, I would like you to imagine what a perfect presidential candidate for the Democrats in 2020 would look like. In this politically correct era, it would help if the candidate was a woman, and it would definitely be a plus if she could appeal to key groups of minority voters. Being a hero to the LGBT community would be important for any Democratic candidate, and it would also have to be someone that could bring together the “Sanders wing” and the “Clinton wing” of the party. But none of those things would really matter without national name recognition, and so a dream candidate for the Democrats would be someone that everybody already knows and that much of the nation already loves.
Well, it just so happens that such a potential candidate actually exists. She is the most admired woman in America by a wide margin, and she is married to the most admired man in America. She released her latest book in November, and it is still in the number one position on Amazon. Her national book tour has been packing out stadiums all over the country, and she has a net worth of more than 40 million dollars. She is a highly educated professional, she is very charismatic, and she has already spent eight years in the White House.
Of course the woman that I am talking about is Michelle Obama.
The bad news for Democrats is that she has always said that she will never run for president.
But the good news for Democrats is that in recent months she has been acting like she is gearing up for a run in 2020.
No other potential Democratic candidate can draw crowds like Michelle Obama can. She has been selling out her national book tour while charging “as much as $597.00 to $1,435 per ticket”. A clear effort is being made to help her step out from the long shadow of her husband, and it looks like the stage is being set for her to become the “reluctant hero” that will “save the nation from Trump” in 2020.
Because at this point the Democrats do not have a frontrunner. Instead, what they have is a giant mess. The following comes from the New York Times…
As the 2020 Democratic primary gets underway, the defining characteristic of this first stage of the race is the sheer uncertainty about who is even running. More than 30 Democrats are mulling presidential bids, but hardly any of them qualify as an instant front-runner or a gifted, tested campaigner, and some of the biggest names could pass in the end.
According to Vox, there are 34 Democrats that are currently “considering” running for president. Of course not all of them will run, but it looks like it could be an extremely crowded race.
But all of that would change if Michelle Obama decides to run.
At this point Joe Biden is leading the early polls, but that is only because he is the closest thing to Barack Obama that Democratic voters currently have. If they could have an actual Obama instead, they would abandon Biden in a heartbeat.
Beto O’Rourke is one of the other potential candidates that has been generating some enthusiasm, but his overly eager approach is falling flat with a lot of top Democrats. For example, this week he posted a video of himself receiving a dental cleaning…
“So I’m here at the dentist and we’re going to continue our series on the people of the border,” O’Rourke says in a video posted on Instagram as he receives a dental cleaning.
O’Rourke, who represented a district in El Paso, then flips the camera in the direction of his hygienist, Diana, who recounts her time growing up near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Look, I am all in favor of politicians using social media, but nobody wants to see that.
And this is one of the key factors that would separate Michelle Obama from the rest of the pack. The Obamas understand how to campaign properly, and Michelle Obama’s national tour to promote her memoir entitled “Becoming” sure looks and feels like a presidential campaign tour. The following comes from Clifford Nichols…
Managed by the same company that promotes Beyoncé’s concert tours, the ten stops of the first leg of her national tour in November and December of 2018 were at arenas with seating capacities hovering around 20,000, not only in Washington, D.C., but also in states like New York, Massachusetts, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Tennessee, Illinois, California, and Georgia.
And then, to begin this New Year, a few days ago she announced that 14 additional speaking engagements have now been scheduled — so far — to allow even more sell-out crowds to attend her “A Conversation with Michelle Obama” tour in similarly huge venues located this time around in Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin,Ohio, and Florida.
She is being put center stage, and her husband has faded into the background.
This is being done for a reason.
And there is certainly precedent for this king of thing. George W. Bush followed in the footsteps of his father George H.W. Bush, and Hillary Clinton followed in the footsteps of her husband Bill Clinton.
Some would argue that Michelle Obama is not qualified to be president, and that is true.
But the cold, hard reality of the matter is that almost every politician that the American people have sent to Washington is unqualified to be there.
Politics in America has not been about qualifications for a very long time. Rather, politics in America is all about winning elections, and the Obamas know how to do that.
And if you are going to run for president, it certainly helps to be the most admired woman in America…
Former first lady Michelle Obama has been named America’s most admired woman of 2018, according to a Gallup poll. This is the first time in 17 years that someone other than Hillary Clinton was at the top of the list, according to Gallup. As for the most admired man, former President Barack Obama won for the 11th year in a row.
In fact, Michelle Obama had more support in that survey than Hillary Clinton and Oprah Winfrey combined.
But we need to remember that she has always said that she will never run for president, and perhaps she never will.
In the end, this book tour and all of this promotion could simply be about making as much money as possible.
If that is the case, that sure will be good news for Donald Trump, because Michelle Obama would definitely be his toughest potential opponent in 2020.
Don’t know for sure who, but I’ll bet he/she wears the “R” brand today.
Yes, the MSM.
I think the team will be Beto and Harris...both minorities.
RuPaul (famous drag queen) would be formidible. Black, LGBTQ, comgortable in front pf cameras.
Even Mrs. Clinton thought she needed Senator on her resume.
Mrs. Obama could not possiby unite the Clinton and Obama wings of the party, and does nothing to get the technocrat-left on board.
She would also make a lot of enemies among those who want to have a clean shot at the nomination. There is no evidence that she can talk policy outside of platitudes, nor that she can withstand tactical barbs pointed at her by Trump.
The fact that he is willing to punch back makes him perfect for running against someone like Mrs. Obama. She will also spend a lot of time explaining Mr. Obama’s acts without being able to take credit for them.
She certainly likes being talked about as if she were presidential material, but she isn’t foolish enough to damage the brand name by actually running.
Base on the requirements of the article, the best choice is Rosie O’lardass.
Kamala Harris. Woman, woman of color, liberal woman of color, Trump critic liberal woman of color. What other qualifications matter to them?
Shepard Smith
Just about every premise of this article is idiotic, starting with the assumption that running a woman for president is necessarily a plus.
Nope. I think Michelle has more personal baggage than Hillary does with even worse temperament problems.
The rats must murder each other, down to the last.
I honestly do think the first female president is going to be a Republican.
I think this criteria for a Democratic candidate is going to be guaranteed to give them someone unelectable, so by all means, carry on.
Beto?
Yeah, Donald Trump. The race will be his to lose and he could screw it up and lose it.
The hardest candidate might be himself...
I’m late for the argument, but I think Trumps biggest opponent will be the weather.
The national Democratic party is starting to resemble the Democratic party of New York City between 1994 and 2013 — twenty years during which Republican mayors ruled continually.
The problem for NY city Democrats at that time was that a conflict existed between Blacks and Hispanics vying for the Democratic Mayoralty nominations of that period. In addition, during the latter period, billionaire Republican Mike Bloomberg was able to buy his way into City Hall.
So here we go again on the national level. In 2020, Black and Hispanic Democratic presidential candidates will be leading their ethnic groups, creating a Black vs. Hispanic rivalry. And there will also be internal rivalries among multiple Black and Hispanic candidates. It could be the Crips vs. the Bloods vs. MS-13 from Iowa to the nomination.
And, of course, Mike Bloomberg and his billions seem interested entering the Democratic fray.
Michelle might not do as bad as most of the other candidates if she "stood" for president, but she'd have to run, and she's not really up to it.