Michelle Obama crushes Trump in hypothetical matchup- Newsweek on Reuters/Ipsos poll: 50%-39%

[KentuckyStiffRipple]

https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/only-michelle-obama-bests-trump-alternative-biden-2024

https://www.newsweek.com/michelle-obama-crushes-donald-trump-poll-1920473

Don't replace Biden without a clear replacement candidate who WILL beat Trump. Harris would very likely lose to Trump. Newsom has a better chance than Harris but I'd prefer Biden.

If Michelle Obama truly won't run, don't replace Biden.

[regnaD kciN]

1. So Michelle is the Magical Sparkly Unicorn...

...despite having repeatedly said that she has no interest in holding office?

Besides, if she could be persuaded to run, you can count on the MSM immediately spending 100% of their time harping on her complete inexperience plus lack of policy proposals.

[BannonsLiver]

2. Nobody would give a rats ass about policy proposals

This is America! 🇺🇸

[CTyankee]

12. My very serious son (who is a prosecutor!) cannot give up his wanting Michelle to run. He's said that since the Obamas

left office. I love Michelle but I can't understand the impulse to want her (esp. since we have Joe!).

[spooky3]

33. I think it's likely that they want Barack O back,

In addition to her intelligence and charisma.

[CTyankee]

39. She is a beautiful woman and as a couple they are fabulous.

[Doodley]

27. Trump had no experience. The political outsider-factor is a plus.

[Seeking Serenity]

3. I keep seeing people saying that MO does NOT want to, nor will she, run.

In light of that, why do we keep seeing these kinds of posts? Just curious.

[KentuckyStiffRipple]

4. Because if Biden is stepping aside regardless, maybe she'll change her mind.

And maybe she's seen the polls showing clearly that she's the strongest Democratic candidate, and that other candidates, like Harris, will likely lose to Trump.

[Seeking Serenity]

5. I guess wishing for a rainbow unicorn soothes some people.

To each his own.

[KentuckyStiffRipple]

8. She's not a unicorn. She's a living human being who can run if she decides to and

would quite likely destroy Trump in an election.

[Seeking Serenity]

10. Except she's said she doesn't WANT it

Can't force her to.

Remember "no means no"?

[TwilightZone]

16. She's been very clear that she's not interested.

She hated politics when she was in the middle of it the first time. Why would she want to do that again?

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/08/9971357/michelle-obama-speech-democratic-convention-hates-politics-trump

[Doodley]

28. She hasn't been in a position where she could save America.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

36. Probably the same or similar reason

we keep seeing posts about President Biden stepping down even though he has said, repeatedly, that he is NOT.

[NYC Liberal]

6. Hillary had very high approval ratings as Senator and SoS.

They dropped every time she ran for office.

Those numbers mean nothing when she isn’t being actively targeted by the entire right-wing campaign apparatus.

[LisaL]

7. That's absolutely true.

NT

[kerry-is-my-prez]

15. And many on the left-wing. MSNBC was very anti-Hillary.

So was most of the so-called “left-leaning” media.

[whathehell]

40. "Misogyny is the last acceptable bigotry of the Left"

Katha Politt
Writer, The Nation.

[ColinC]

22. Biden is the only battle tested candidate

He’s the only one where the numbers actually will have any kind of accuracy.

[spooky3]

34. And he has a strong presidential record on which to run. Nt

[betsuni]

31. Yes, it took work to convince people that she was unpopular, and disinformation still being pushed:

"Prior to running for president she had a 66 percent approval rating. She ranked high among the most admired women in the world. She was commended by politicians on both sides on the aisle for her ability to work with Republicans as well as members of her own party. ... By 2014, a year before Hillary announced her intention to run for president, a New York Times/CBS poll found that 82% of Democrats favored Clinton over both Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, and a Quinnipiac poll reported that registered voters in Ohio (yes -- Ohio) chose Clinton over the six likely Republican candidates: Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich. 'If the election were held tomorrow, ' John McCain said, 'Hillary Clinton would most likely be president.'

"But as her friend, and former congresswoman, Ellen Tauscher had warned her before she left the State Department, that would all change once she actually entered the ring. 'The moment you move back into politics,' Tauscher told her, ''you go from 66 to 46 to 26 faster than a split second.' ... It was relentless -- and if you think this is an exaggeration, just take a look at the June 2016 report from Harvard's Shorenstein Center which showed that even when 'scandals' were not involved, 84 percent of Clinton's coverage was negative compared to 43 percent of Trump's and 17 percent of Sanders's. The report notes, 'Clinton's negative coverage can be compared to millions of dollars in attack ads, with her on the receiving end.'"

Susan Bordo

Happened to Elizabeth Warren when she ran for office, will happen to anyone.

[Freethinker65]

9. Silly.

[dutch777]

11. The key must be that the Dems win, rather than who runs. Let's not hand this to Trump.

I will support Joe, Kamala, Gavin...any solid Dem, but please DNC et. al. let's do our due diligence on how we get to the Win. And we must also remember the House, Senate and down ballot races. Americans sometimes seem to think the President is the one and only political power (especially during the campaign) who can almost do things by fiat but most of us know that is not even close to reality. Let's play to reality and play to win.

[Rstrstx]

29. 100 percent agree

People who keep pushing to run seem oblivious to the toll it’s been taking on him. He’s gotten sick twice now in the past 3 weeks, he is 81 and we are asking him to save the future of the country. The weight of the world is on his shoulders and the stakes could not be higher. I love the guy but he is not Superman.

[Beachnutt]

13. Obama/Swift

would bury the rethugs.
But thats not likely.

[Self Esteem]

14. So, discounting Michelle, which is fantasy at this point, Biden still does the best vs Trump.

But yes, let's dump him and throw the whole election into chaos on the chance another Democrat can win.

Sounds smart.

[Doodley]

37. Most voters know very little about the other candidates, apart from Michelle Obama. You'd expect them to get a boost.

[LeftInTX]

17. They didn't include Taylor Swift or Oprah or Matthew McConaughey or Brad Pitt

[Hekate]

18. Here's a tip: SHE'S NOT A POLITICIAN AND SHE IS NOT RUNNING. ...

Also, remember Michelle Obama was viciously attacked by the Right Wing all thru her husband’s administration. An “ape in high heels in our White House” is just one nauseating sample.

[LostOne4Ever]

19. Why don't we ask Oprah while we are at it?

Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson would also do well against Trump.

How about we try realistic solutions instead of these fantasy matchups that won't ever happen?

[Indykatie]

20. Who Gives a Sh*t? I Certainly Don't. This is Just Media Click Bait.

[Pisces]

21. Ridiculous, she is not qualified.

[whathehell]

32. Neither is Trump.

[Indykatie]

23. This is Madness. The Media Needs to Stop Trying to Gin Up More Chaos.

Does anyone think that the country would elect a ticket with 2 Black women? Call me cynical but I certainly don't.

[doc03]

24. She ain't running and has no interest in running nt

[kentuck]

25. The only people that are more hated than Joe Biden...

....are Barack and Michelle Obama.

Nothing would get the Repubs to the polls like an Obama on the ticket.

[Scrivener7]

26. Oh, for fuck's sake.

[Duncan Grant]

30. I grow weary of the unnecessary hypotheticals.

If hypotheticals are your thing, by all means, indulge. As for me, I don’t find them constructive or based in reality (Michelle Obama?).

If one is serious about this manipulated crisis, let’s evaluate the 3 weeks of evidence calling for Biden to step down. One debate and proprietary polling have not convinced me this is anything more than a PR campaign that benefits RWNJs — not democrats. Something is very wrong and I don’t think it’s Joe Biden.

[Ocelot II]

35. As long as she's just hypothetical - which she will always be, since she's made it clear

many times that she has absolutely no interest in running for any public office - she will poll well. If she were to change her mind and actually do it, those numbers would drop dramatically as soon as the MAGA smears started. But yeah, she's the sparkly unicorn du jour, like Oprah once was, and even that reprobate Michael Avenatti. DU was in love with that dirtbag for a little while.

[manicdem]

38. She wouldn't want VP

Michelle doesn't seem the type to be a VP or serve in Kamala's shadow. She's a strong leader. If she was interested in running that is.