Something we've thought about for the last seven or eight months.
March 6 - "Michelle Obama's office says the former first lady 'will not be running for president' in 2024":
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....
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.
July 22 - "Your Quick 'Intentions of the Democratic Party' Cheat Sheet":
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....
Three events that could be seen as lending a bit of credence to the above:
1) Obama loyalist Susan Rice retiring from her position as
the Biden-Harris‘If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black’ line, not his former boss.