Posted on 02/14/2024 9:14:12 AM PST by dennisw
"The main obstacle stopping the Democratic Party is they have a Kamala Harris problem, which is to say that if they do sideline Biden, the natural person normally that would be the nominee, could be the vice president of that same sitting president. But that vice president is unable, I think, to effectively carry forward that job," Ramaswamy said. "She didn't make it to the Iowa caucus in the year that she ran, right, even and within her own party, let alone an issue with broader popularity in the country."
"If race and gender are your basis for selecting someone for a job, and the identity of your party is tied to that temple of identity politics, then they will risk looking hypocritical if they sideline her after they sideline Biden. And I do think Michelle Obama offers them a convenient path out of that problem, somebody who checks the boxes that they need to have checked per their own ideology, while also selecting an alternative to Biden that they may view as more palatable in a general election . . . it's looking increasingly like it's not going to be Biden as the nominee. And I think that it should not be shocking to see someone like Michelle Obama take the role of the nomination," Ramaswamy said.
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy doubled down on his theory that Democrats will swap out President Biden with Michelle Obama on their party's ticket following the release of the special counsel's report.
Ramaswamy, who was outspoken on the campaign trail about the belief that the 81-year-old president will ultimately not be the Democratic nominee, told Fox News Digital the special counsel's report marks the "convenient path" for Democrats to nominate the popular former first lady.
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do you remember the wh reception where everyone fawned over barry and ignored joe?
the only qualification for the replacement will be are they an obama puppet
According to FReeper LS, the Dems likely polled this idea and the results were not good. Popularity as former First Lady may not translate into popularity as candidate for POTUS.
This would make sense, because if they were going to run Big Mike, they would have made their move months ago in time for debates and primaries.
They can easily switch to Kamala at the last minute because she’s VP. Biden could step down just days before the election and she’s automatically running as incumbent POTUS, and no one would blink an eye.
By contrast, switching to a former First Lady who never won any debates or primaries is a bad look - even for Democrats.
We heard the same with Clinton and Barack. It’s becoming a tired punchline.
I totally agree with your first paragraph. I think the secind may be subject to her desire to mold politics for a term or 2.
His mistake is thinking identity politics is their main motivator. It is not. Power is their main driver. Identity politics is just a tool they will sometimes use to attain it. They’ll have no problem with the right white man as long as they think he gets them into power.
Kamala will be the one on the ballot. She’s just as electable as Joe was. They voted joe in without him even campaigning. She won’t have to either.
I think Hillary is waiting to step in.
You’re right. If elected, Mooch would have to work for a living.
Does she want to be in the position to send soldiers to war, risk an economic crisis that could be laid at her size 10 feet, or read Daily Mail stories about her weight gain or her husband's questionable sexuality?
Nah
I felt the same way - I thought Big Mike could easily win given how many stupid voters there are.
But if the DNC was going to do that they would have gotten Big Mike in front of the cameras many months ago and entered her in debates and primary contests. Going into a presidential election without vetting her would be like flying blind - a needless risk.
It’s pretty clear to me that they floated the idea sometime last year and did not get the polling results they were hoping for - so they pulled the plug.
Michelle Obama is not lazy, she actually had a real job, unlike her husband. She just doesn’t like DC.
VIVEK is a CON MAN, top to bottom CON MAN.... And like all con man, he knows how to tell his audience what they want to hear, but when it comes to their actions they never ever line up with their speach.
He is a complete and total fraud.
Bother doing the most basic research on the man an you will see what a complete fraud he is.
He bought a failed drug, a drug that had failed 3 trials, then “reinterpreted” the last trial (FRAUD/CHEAT) to make it look like it worked (didn’t hold a new trial, no, but just threw out the bad data and claimed it worked) ran around selling his “wonder drug” that he knew didn’t work, pumped it up, sold off stock to make himself rich, then and only then released the results of a new trial which once again showed it failed!
Man is a used car salesman and a fraud.. an complete con man...
He runs around talking about personal liberty and the pandemic and whatnot, but meanwhile was backing a company that was trying to get the government to have complete and total access to your personal medical records just for Covid Tracking!
The man is a FRAUD... A TOTAL AND COMPLETE FRAUD!
Ooo... really, he told an audience what they wanted to hear... Wow... that makes him honorable? Please.. that’s what every con man does.... recognize the audience, tell them what they want to hear, but then doesn’t actually mean or follow through in any way on it.
HE’S A FRAUD, PERIOD.
And lets not even get into the whole WEF nonsense, can’t even get his lies straight on that one.
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