If the powers-that-be, fronted by Barack Obama and James Clyburn representing the genteel wing of the Chicago mob, the Pritzkers and Crowns, put Michelle Obama forward as the party's nominee you'll know they are in it to win it.
If not, whoever the party puts forward will be a stalking horse for 2028 and we will know a longer term plan is in play. As noted in June 30's "Michelle Obama for president? Ted Cruz thinks she could be the Democratic nominee":
Before we get to the headline story a comment on the character traits of President Biden's Cabinet officers. The nation is obviously in 25th Amendment territory where the President is not capable of executing the duties of his office but has not acknowledged what the entire world has seen and known for the last few years. And while the Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief is right now incapacitated, Democrat honchos and mega-donors are talking about the November election, over four months away. This is where the Cabinet is supposed to live up to the power and place in society they have been elevated to, and execute section IV of the Amendment. And they haven't. More after the jump....
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That statement seems carefully worded, it's obvious she's not running. And it is not exactly General Sherman's "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected."It's also not another Sherman quote (my fave) regarding his friend and superior officer General Grant:
"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other."
but then again the former First Lady probably wouldn't say something like that regarding President Biden.I wonder though if she would accept her party's nomination at the convention in Chicago.
On the other hand, I'm not sure you would want to be President during the next four years, there are so many problems that have been growing and metastasizing just beneath the surface of the daily news that the person in the hot seat could end up just plain reviled....
President Biden would have a whole bunch of delegates he could release if he were to retire from the field.
A couple weeks later in "Hotshot Wharton professor sees $34 trillion debt triggering 2025 meltdown as mortgage rates spike above 7%: ‘It could derail the next administration’" we took the idea a bit further:
....This is the sort of stuff I was thinking about in the intro to March 6's "Michelle Obama's office says the former first lady 'will not be running for president' in 2024".
If I were a Democrat strategist I would propose letting Donald Trump win a second term while concentrating on House and especially Senate (to bottle up judicial, including Supreme Court, nominees) races. A Trump win would give an excuse for riots (for the visuals) and if he is handcuffed by the Legislative branch to limit the range of possible responses, you go beyond polycrisis to the omnicrisis. Throw in a bit of Frances Fox Piven with her "overwhelm the system" and "motor voter" strategies and you could see one-party rule for thirty years.
There are probably a dozen ways things could come to a head, Joe steps down, Kamala is elevated, appoints Gavin or Michelle as Veep, steps down herself etc.
After Nixon resigned the country ended up with Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller in the top two spots, with neither of them having run for their respective position. So all sorts of possibilities.
Stay tuned!