Michelle Obama petitioned to run as vice president to stop Bernie Sanders, report says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Fearing the selection of Bernie Sanders as the Democrats’ 2020 presidential nominee, a growing number of establishment party officials are reportedly considering Sherrod Brown as a late entry “white knight” with Michelle Obama as a running mate.

Other potential candidates floated by the party include Kamala Harris, who dropped out of the race in December, as well as house speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to the New York Times’ interview with 93 party officials, all of whom are super-delegates who could determine the party’s nominee should a candidate emerge without a clear majority of delegate votes.

Anxiously waiting for results from Super Tuesday primaries across the US next week, those Democrats are “willing to risk intraparty damage” to stop the progressive candidate’s nomination at the party’s national convention in July, when the party will select the Democratic nominee to face Donald Trump in the general election on 3 November.

Mr Sanders’ campaign and his legion of supporters have said that the nominee who arrives to the convention with a plurality of delegate support, expressed by the will of the voters, should be selected as the party’s candidate.

https://news.yahoo.com/democrats-considering-white-knight-2020-193829309.html

Not sure either of them has any interest in running.

[Moderateguy]

1. I don't think she wants to do anything with politics...

[Iliyah]

2. Misinformation continues . . .

Operation chaos.

[Jamastiene]

3. The headline made it seem like The First Lady did the petition herself.

Someone else started the petition, not her. It is a misleading headline.

I don't believe party officials are that worried. If they were, he would not be caucusing with the party. Honestly, if they weren't comfortable with the possibility of him getting the nomination, I doubt they would have let him run in our primaries in the first place.

[TwilightZone]

4. She's been pretty clear on the fact that she has no interest.

This is just more shit-stirring from the media. Not every brainstorming session is worth extensive media coverage.

[rainin]

5. I'd vote for her anywhere on the ticket

although I don't think she has any intention to run

[berni_mccoy]

6. Yeah no.

[Dream Girl]

7. I think folks are just desperate knowing what a disaster Sanders would be.

Sanders would be for us. I just have such a hard time with this. How can people be so blind?

[helpisontheway]

8. Yeah right..😂nt

[LakeArenal]

9. MO isn't about to entry this race.

She’s more interested in her family right now.

[ibegurpard]

10. Sherrod Brown would be awesome

If he had run he would have rocketed to the top of my list. But we need that Senate seat so I'm glad he didn't.

[IluvPitties]

11. Biden/Obama?

I like it!

[MineralMan]

12. Wishful thinking, and a complete waste of time.

[squirecam]

14. I don't think they could touch Michelle. Too popular.

But she wouldn’t be interested.

[Moderateguy]

15. Would you run after seeing the crap your family had

To put up with for a decade?

[SharonClark]

16. FFS. The only thing stupider than this idea are the Dems quoted in the article as considering it.

They need to l learn when to keep their lamebrained ideas to themselves and stop undermining our candidates.

[Laelth]

17. Slow news day. n/t

-Laelth

[Tarc]

18. Right-wingers love to tout this non-story. They also think HRC will jump in

if there is a brokered convention.

Nutters.