The Next President is...

[ClearedHot]

3 minutes ago, Lord Ratner said:

I just don't see a path to victory for her. Obviously all the Democrats vote for her, though I don't think she will stir up much enthusiasm amongst the moderate or Union Democrats. Obviously the Republicans won't vote for her, but she'll probably do a decent job boosting Republican turnout a bit.

 

But the but the independent voters? Does she really pull them? Trump doesn't, though he'll do better with the spiraling immigration situation. But Hillary Clinton at least worked as a politician before running for president, Michelle Obama will purely be a president's wife running to be president. I don't know.

 

But I think the bigger issue is that if she runs, there's no chance of getting RFK Jr out of the race, and I think he will harvest millions of votes from Democrats who don't just want to vote for the wife of a politician.

 

You may have noticed that there is almost a complete media blackout of RFK Jr. They do not want anyone to realize he's still running.

We always overlook the "Mom vote"...I think she will sway enough to be a threat to Trump.

[lloyd christmas]

Where does this Michelle Obama talk come from?  Has she ever publicly said she has any interest at all in running?  A quick search on the googs didn’t pull anything up.  

[brabus]

Everything I’ve read/heard is that she hates politics and hated being involved in any of it. I think there’s a very high chance of a “savior” coming since Biden probably does not make it to the election, but it’s more likely to be Newsome in my opinion.

[dream big]

3 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

The scenario quietly playing in the background, and the one that scares me the most...

Dems get to the Convention and Michelle comes sweeping in to save the day.  Maybe then she could finally be proud of her country.

It’s a Democratic wet dream, won’t happen, she’s a celebrity millionaire living in places like Martha’s Vinyard. She has nothing to gain personally from running for office. Also she has zero qualifications, Hilary was more qualified than her and that’s not saying much.

If she ran, she would destroy Trump or any White Male because to simple minded liberals, race and gender transcend everything else. Wonder how she would fare against Nikki Haley though. 

[Swizzle]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/gop-lawmaker-asks-merrick-garland-invoke-25th-amendment-remove-biden-o-rcna138112

[disgruntledemployee]

13 hours ago, dream big said:

Wonder how she would fare against Nikki Haley though. 

I'm sure both are capable of saying "bitch, please" in a debate.

I say they go Thunderdome, no ref, two women enter, one woman leaves, the other via a stretcher.  They can even shout policy one liners as they trade shots.  The winner gets mad respect and shows the world they can kick ass. 

[brabus]

It’s a good big picture idea, but I just can’t get past the part about a man beating Nikki’s ass, it’s just not right.

[ecugringo]

Biden declined a Super Bowl Sunday interview.  Back to back now for Brandon.  

[Blue]

On 2/8/2024 at 8:17 PM, Lord Ratner said:

Yeah but did they wait too long? They know Kamala Harris is a guaranteed loss. Do they have time at this point to run a primary? I don't really know how it works this late in the game.

My understanding is that if a candidate drops out after winning the primary, the DNC gets to "appoint" whoever they want to assume the role of candidate in the general election.

That always sounded like a likely possibility: Biden rides his incumbency to a win in the primary, then drops out shortly thereafter (citing health concerns, etc), and the DNC gets to play king-maker and appoint the candidate of their choice.

That said, the Democratic convention isn't until August, and the recent attacks from the Democrats on Biden make it seem questionable that he'll survive another six months.

I'd heard the Michelle Obama speculation somewhere, but didn't give it much credence.  I do think the DNC has had their short list of successors for some time, and have been crossing people off as they stumble, fail, or otherwise show they've succumbed to the Peter Principle (as in, they've already been promoted to their level of incompetence).

Kamala Harris for one.  At one point, you couldn't find a single negative word said about her in the press, even as she did nothing but spew meaningless, cackling word salad everywhere she went.  Then, all of a sudden, you never heard about her at all.  It's like they flipped a switch on her level of public exposure.

Pete Buttigieg was another.  He was touted as the next big thing, rising from Mayor to Presidential Candidate.  Then a detour into a Cabinet position as the head of the DOT.  Seemed like he was being stashed away for future greatness, until he started getting criticism for being relatively ineffective is what should be a relatively straightforward role.  His public exposure has also gone to almost zero.

[kaputt]

So this is what POTUS is tweeting?

[HeloDude]

31 minutes ago, kaputt said:

So this is what POTUS is tweeting?

I’d be surprised if Biden actually sent this…but one his handlers definitely might have?

[BashiChuni]

what a joke POTUS has become

[HercDude]

On 2/9/2024 at 11:04 AM, lloyd christmas said:

Where does this Michelle Obama talk come from?  Has she ever publicly said she has any interest at all in running?  A quick search on the googs didn’t pull anything up.  

Fox News.

[HeloDude]

Anybody following the clown show wrt the Fulton County Prosecutor and her lover/Special Counsel she hired?…today was not a good day for them.

[HossHarris]

Do tell …..

[HeloDude]

42 minutes ago, HossHarris said:

Do tell …..

Well, let’s put it this way, when the legal analyst from MSNBC has this to say you know it’s not going well:

“Legal analyst Chuck Rosenberg said on MSNBC special coverage of the Georgia hearing on Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis’ eligibility in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump that it was not going well for the state and Willis should consider removing herself.”

Here’s a link from the local Atlanta news on what happened:

https://abc7.com/georgia-misconduct-hearing-nathan-wade-fani-willis-testimony/14428365/

 

Edited February 16 by HeloDude

[Day Man]

https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-burisma-fbi-informant-lying-6969656f6012780a23a4b8841ce2689b

[HeloDude]

5 hours ago, Day Man said:

https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-burisma-fbi-informant-lying-6969656f6012780a23a4b8841ce2689b

Selective enforcement of going after those who lie…and conveniently once again they go after mostly those who don’t help the leftists/elitists.

[Biff_T]

I can't stand looking at Hunter Biden's face and I want Papa Biden to die already.  How can this garbage be considered for another run?   Also, quit picking Trump for the Republicans. There's gotta be someone else in the United States who can do a better job than both of these clowns, while not dancing with death (from old age) everyday.  WTF is wrong with our political parties? 

[herkbum]

I can't stand looking at Hunter Biden's face and I want Papa Biden to die already.  How can this garbage be considered for another run?   Also, quit picking Trump for the Republicans. There's gotta be someone else in the United States who can do a better job than both of these clowns, while not dancing with death (from old age) everyday.  WTF is wrong with our political parties? 

Of course there is, but who in the hell would want to put their family thru the scrutiny of a campaign. Isn’t that why Colin Powell said he would never run for office?


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[brabus]

2 hours ago, Biff_T said:

WTF is wrong with our political parties? 

A ton. But the root cause is the average voter is emotional and retarded. We’d see solid leadership if people actually gave a fuck about demanding and voting for that. Instead people vote based on tribal affiliation, what Taylor Swift says, and their opinions based on daily consumption of complete bullshit with zero individual thought or questioning applied. 
 

I wouldn’t be surprised by anything - go further left, swing hard right to the same magnitude of problems on the other end of the spectrum, etc. 

[HeloDude]

So Haley appears to have lost her home state, where she was Governor, by 20+ points and vows to continue on…which I imagine she will then lose every state on ‘Super Tuesday’ on March 5th.  With  a handful of delegates, and even if Trump were to drop dead in June, the RNC wouldn’t just automatically give her the nomination, and my money is she wouldn’t even get the nomination.  So this all begs the question—why is she still staying in to continue to lose?  Sure she has some campaign money and can keep going but I think the point of running a race is to win…unless she’s trying to be some kind of a spoiler?

[brabus]

The most logical reason I can think of is she’s holding out for Trump to be convicted of something that legally prevents him from being President and she can “swoop” in and take the nomination. It’s a low probability of success gameplan, but she probably doesn’t give a shit as long as the money is there.

[HeloDude]

13 minutes ago, brabus said:

The most logical reason I can think of is she’s holding out for Trump to be convicted of something that legally prevents him from being President and she can “swoop” in and take the nomination. It’s a low probability of success gameplan, but she probably doesn’t give a shit as long as the money is there.

I seriously doubt she would ever get the nomination even if that were to happen—my bet is DeSantis would definitely get it before her since he is way more popular amongst Republicans than Haley.

What an embarrassment if she hasn’t dropped out the day after Super Tuesday when she couldn’t win a single state.  

[kaputt]

I think it’s possible she may decide to be a 3rd party candidate, so continuing on for now keeps her on the campaign trail. I wouldn’t be shocked if she ends up running under the “No Labels” ticket. 

Edited February 25 by kaputt