I'd love to see Michelle Obama run for office in 2016

[MrScorpio]

Madame President, perhaps?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I'd LOVE it.

She would seriously kick some ass.

[muffin1]

2. God, she is one fabulous woman!

:loveya:

[CBR]

3. I thnk she is awesome. nt

[tabasco]

4. That's a great photo. n/t

[Dr Morbius]

5. She can do whatever she wants to do. I'll support her no matter what. (nt)

[polichick]

6. I wouldn't wish it on her - she's enjoying her life! nt

[Wildewolfe]

7. She seems a wonderful woman

and from my understanding as qualified as most and more than quite a few.

But I really don't want to see any more dynasties within the same family. Theirs or ours. Maybe that's just Bush burn sitting in, but I'd like to see us continue to move left rather than keeping status quo or having the definition of center change. Mr. Obama was the right first step to that, I think after his two terms, it's time to get someone to the left of him and continue to reverse the trends of the last 30 years.

[Lindsey]

10. Michelle was Barack's boss and that's how they met. He's said

she's smarter than he is. I think she's brilliant and would make and excellent President. However, after seeing what it's really like, I'm afraid that she wouldn't want it.

[arcane1]

8. Damn...

I already thought she was hot... but wow!!!

:loveya:

[Poll_Blind]

9. She'd do an awesome job- but no more family dynasties.

The whole Bill Clinton/Hillary Clinton, Bush Senior/Bush Junior thing strikes me as a few sidesteps away from an informal heredetary line. Still, she would rock I'm sure.

PB

[Skittles]

11. huge Michelle admirerer here

she's awesome :thumbsup:

[muffin1]

13. +1,000,000

I STILL get chills looking at her.

[Tailormyst]

12. I like her

But think her running for president is unlikely.

[TheKentuckian]

14. What are the positions she supports that make her someone that should be President?

What will she fight to the wall for?

What kind of economic policies does she have?

Is she a civil libertarian?

Where does she stand on equality?

Is she an unshakable friend of labor?

How aggressive will she be on regulation?

What would her foreign policy outlook be?

Is she big on conservation?

What type of education policy would she push?

How important is renewable energy to her?

Is she a strong free speech advocate?

What sort of people would she place in her cabinet?

What does she bring to the table?

Will the poor and homeless be a priority?

Where is she on capital punishment?

[Spike89]

15. She's admirable, but I'd like to see a politician

If we can hold the presidency until 2016, and I think we will, hopefully there will be some progress made. Bringing in another "outsider" probably isn't the way to go about consolidating gains. I think Obama is the right kind of politician for now--he is much better at steering the general opinion than he is at herding the senate and house. We need to get people not only leaning to the left, but firmly in the left mindset and I think Obama can get us there. But, but 2016 we are going to need someone that can "LBJ" congress and force through the long-lasting reforms that Obama prepped the public for. Michelle simply doesn't have the backroom political brawler experience.

It'll probably be too soon for Al Franken, and it might be too late for Hillary, but I'm confident that over the next 6 years someone will rise to the top.

[Dr Morbius]

16. Two names come to mind immediately.

The first is Alan Grayson, who certainly has the moxie if nothing else. The second is Hillary Clinton. I read today, on DU as opposed to a legit source so take it with however much salt you like, that she plans on being SecState for one term, and that's it. This would free her up to campaign for 2016, and I don't see anyone in the party denying her if she's healthy and that's what she wants. Of course, in 2002 few of us had heard of a state Senator named Barack Obama. Someone could rise up.

Alan Grayson would be the choice of the left wing of the party, I suspect, whereas Mrs. Clinton would appeal to Democrats within the established circles of power (read, blue-dog Democrats). But it's awfully early for such supposition.

[AnArmyVeteran]

17. Obama - Kucinich team then it would be the O-K ticket.

[salguine]

18. Wall Street would never allow it. You know it and I know it.

[AnArmyVeteran]

23. of course not, but it would be nice if citizens could select candidates...

[salguine]

28. it'll take a bloody revolution first.

[Robeson]

19. I agree. And, by temperament, she's not as accommodating as her husband.

[xultar]

20. Me too! I love Michelle. I think she would have been better than her husband with the spill.

[lamp_shade]

21. I've said that 3 times in the last week and got no responses.

Hmmmm...

[Robeson]

22. Well, just for that, I'm going to respond to your post....

...:)

[lamp_shade]

24. Thank you... very much.

:hi:

[Obamanaut]

25. Dynasty? No, I don't think so. nt

[ProgressIn2008]

26. So much for "no more dynasties." nt

[jazzelle]

27. Works for me.

:woohoo: