What? Michael Moore Wants Michelle Obama to Beat Trump?

I would definitely vote for her over Trump. She's highly educated and has a calm demeanor. Not the worst choice for president. People are rightfully tired of political family dynasties though so she probably shouldn't run.

 

Would love her but it’s too late in the primary season and would be good if she got some governing experience first. She’s still really young and has good potential if she wants it but the issue is I don’t think she has any interest.

 

Who cares.

So ****ing what if he correctly predicted Trump's victory.

He also made tons of terrible wrong awful predictions that you didn't hear about.

Cognitive bias. It's a thing.

 

I would vote for my next door neighbor over the current mistake.

 

I thought she should have run last time.

DD

 

I understand why he would say that.

1. She is way more popular than Trump
2. It is a play from Trump's own playbook. She has name recognition and isn't a politician. So she doesn't have the politician baggage.
3. Her media exposure has been almost entirely positive her entire time in the public eye.
4. She hasn't said or done racist things.
5. She is compassionate.
6. Her politics aren't known but it is reasonable to assume she's fairly centrist to left leaning.

These things make it likely that she would easily win.

That being said, I don't believe that she wants to run. She would take the job seriously and study policy to educate herself. Because she takes it seriously and would be serious about learning policy, she would probably be unsure and come off as nervous for at least the first few public appearances and interviews with journalists that will grill her on her lack of experience.

I don't think it is a good trend to find people who haven't been interested enough in governing to actually governing before applying for the top position in government. She would not be my first choice, nor do I have any interest in trying to persuade her to run. If she did run she could easily beat Trump and if I was in a battleground state I would vote for her over Trump.

 

Can't wait to see her bare-armed inauguration speech...

 

Michelle Obama is the one and only Democrat that would unite all factions of the Dem party. Obama legacy. Minority. Woman. Absolutely beloved by every part of the party. If she joined the race - and to be clear, she won't - she'd be the immediate frontrunner, and I have no doubt she'd wipe the floor with Trump. For the vast majority of people, this is not a policy election, and whatever her policy issues are won't matter any more than Biden's do. People want a fighter and someone they can be proud/excited about and she fits that perfectly.

 

I don't know if i agree but there is a popularity facror that is important that she crushes the current field on.

As much as people viewed her as an angry black woman early on, she has totally eradicated that image. It says something about her political skill.
Its not like she hasn't taken political positions. She has shown she can survive scrutiny.

The only problem is she hasn't held any elected position.

 

Also how much can people stomach another political family dynasty? I wouldn't have any problem if she was president personally.

 

I think this is one of those overblown things because of our recent choices of dynasties.. I think political dynasties are beloved when the people are beloved. They are hated when the people are hated. People didn't like GW Bush or Hillary Clinton, so they complained about the Bush and Clinton dynasties. No one seemed to mind Kennedys, though. Or at state levels, you often see father/son dynasties. If Barack Obama was able to run, he'd wipe the floor with everyone too, and no one would care that he'd already done 8 years - because the Obama name is still golden.

 

I would certainly vote for Mrs Obama. She just might turn out to be a better president than her husband. I don't see her running for the office, though.

 

1) I don't think she had that lifelong goal of being president like Hilary
2) She saw how little her husband could do as president once he lost control of Congress
3) She can make way more money out of office
4) Running for office is awful

No reason for her to run. I think being president now is 80% just blocking the OTHER party from having the office. There's a chance you'll get a small period of unified government and have a few months to get something done before it's back to playing defense and praying that the other side doesn't get unified government when you are out of office.