CNN poll: How about Michelle Obama for president in 2020?
posted at 9:30 pm on April 6, 2009 by Allahpundit
As inspired by one of their iReporters. I told you in December that a Senate run was inevitable. CNN takes it one step further:
The news website also launched a poll on its homepage, asking, “Should Michelle Obama run for president in 2020?”
At press time for this article, with 200,000 votes tallied in the unscientific poll, 83 percent of respondents answered no, with a ratio of over 165,000 against the idea to only 35,000 in favor…
Despite an overwhelming number of poll respondents voting against a Michelle Obama candidacy, online comments in reaction to O’Reilly’s video are fairly mixed.
“Michelle Obama is an exceptional woman with great charisma and overwhelming intelligence,” writes a poster identified as adbabler. “She would make an excellent candidate for the top office of the land. If she decides to run for President, I would love to support her.”
No doubt comments opposing a Hillary run would have been overwhelming circa 1993, too. Here’s how you’ll know if she’s serious about running for office herself: The One will shock the world by endorsing Roland Burris for Senate next year, implicitly signaling some sort of agreement by which Burris will retire come 2016 so that Michelle can run for the seat. Barring that, the Obamas will have no options except appointing Durbin to a cabinet post in his second term, freeing his seat for a special election.
Don’t act so shocked. Hillary blazed the trail in this area and the media loves Michelle even more than they loved her. Why wouldn’t she run?
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How about no.
WE already tried this experiment with the first black president and his wife.
carbon_footprint on April 6, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Hmmmm if Palin gets in will they be Touting Todd as well?
EricPWJohnson on April 6, 2009 at 9:33 PM
She might not run if her husband ends up finishing Jimmy Carters 2nd term. I think he has a good running start.
msmveritas on April 6, 2009 at 9:34 PM
you disappoint me.
sesquipedalian on April 6, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Who’s that butterfly?
Entelechy on April 6, 2009 at 9:35 PM
I have yet to be overwhelmed by her intelligence. Must have missed something.
Joe Caps on April 6, 2009 at 9:37 PM
She’ll have the feminist vote–they love women who run on their husbands’ accomplishments.
jgapinoy on April 6, 2009 at 9:37 PM
It would be the second time she could be proud of her country.
Mark1971 on April 6, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Why bother with an election? I just assumed he`d appoint her for 8 yrs. come back for his second 8 yr run and so on and so on.
ThePrez on April 6, 2009 at 9:38 PM
If you haven’t done so, yet, read her thesis. You’ll never be the same again, and I apologize to seventh graders.
Entelechy on April 6, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Let her run, she’ll lose.
Darth Executor on April 6, 2009 at 9:40 PM
How about HELL FREAKING NO!
ToddonCapeCod on April 6, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Only if she changes her name to Lurleen.
Wethal on April 6, 2009 at 9:40 PM
CNN is the Nickelodeon of politics.
sherry on April 6, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Hillary is very indignant.
Entelechy on April 6, 2009 at 9:41 PM
I only vote for candidates with sleeves.
Nethicus on April 6, 2009 at 9:41 PM
I’d have to wait a few years to answer that poll. We’ve got a lot to learn about Ms. Obama. She could be great, she could be ugh.
scalleywag on April 6, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Let her run…off a short plank.
SouthernGent on April 6, 2009 at 9:42 PM
That’s priceless!
scalleywag on April 6, 2009 at 9:42 PM
So that`s a no on Larry the Cable Guy?
ThePrez on April 6, 2009 at 9:43 PM
…Why not Michelle 2012?
Tzetzes on April 6, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Whatever is your favorite politician, it seems anti-democratic to have ruling families.
radiofreevillage on April 6, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Import comments from Headlines from earlier today, please.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 6, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Well, unlike her husband, she’s actually held a job before…
Ok, she got a raise she didn’t earn, but she’s at least had a job…
phreshone on April 6, 2009 at 9:44 PM
wait…let me gather my strength…
AHHHHH HAAAA HAAAAA HAAAAA No friggin way!!!!!
johnnyU on April 6, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Yep, I like the way you put it better.
carbon_footprint on April 6, 2009 at 9:45 PM
She’s not going to run. She’s never shown any interest in being involved in public life, and she barely spoke at all during the campaign. She has no influence on policy, she’s just being a Mom.
Think about that: She’s a Princeton and Harvard Law grad, and she’s not doing anything.
Hillary Clinton in 1992 was being touted as “two for one” deal, and she was involved in the health care fiasco. There was never any doubt that Hillary Clinton was going to run.
None of this is true with Michelle Obama. I think she could run for something and probably win; I don’t think she wants it.
Proud Rino on April 6, 2009 at 9:45 PM
I’d rather have Michele Bachmann.
Sign of the Dollar on April 6, 2009 at 9:45 PM
I was thinking the other day…hmmm…I wonder what the First Lady thinks of her husband’s administration thus far. What approval rating would shegive him? After all, no spouse agrees with everything their significant other proposes. I also wonder what his daughter thinks, the one who said “First African American President, huh…better be good.” Not that anyone should ask, the kids should be left alone. Just sayin…
scalleywag on April 6, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Ummmm………..
ThePrez on April 6, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Speaking as a woman:
Not just no-but H*** NO!
annoyinglittletwerp on April 6, 2009 at 9:47 PM
vomit vomit. i’d take barack over her anyday.
seaplanes on April 6, 2009 at 9:48 PM
No damned way is that b1tch going to be president. Ever.
If there’s anyone that hates America worse than blowmypantsbama, it’s her.
Spiritk9 on April 6, 2009 at 9:48 PM
She won’t run for office because she would have to campaign, and that means going out and speaking to people.
And as we learned during the campaign, she’s a bigger gaffe-machine than Obama & Biden combined.
If she IS interested in politics, she’ll go the route blazed by her hubby and have her opponents disqualified and have herself appointed instead of actually having to run.
She’s too much into black liberation theology to actually win a nationwide election.
Religious_Zealot on April 6, 2009 at 9:49 PM
In practice, this country has tons of ruling families. Lots of candidates get their start in politics under some form of “my father did a good job, so I will to” – and people vote for them solely upon a name.
Or worse, solely upon a party affiliation.
lorien1973 on April 6, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Luckily we will never see this happen.
Take my word for it when I ask:
We all know she would lose, right?
Only liberal optimists would hope for this.
Remember how Hillary ended up losing.
Forget a political future for Mrs. Obama.
carbon_footprint on April 6, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Lol! Sounds like a plan.
Alana on April 6, 2009 at 9:52 PM
This is a completely ridiculous thread! We all know that after The Messiah finishes his term, there will be no more elections, only the will of The Great One!
fumpbump on April 6, 2009 at 9:54 PM
You’re kidding. She’d run for Congress in the First District. That seat is currently held by Bobby Rush, the Black Panther guy who spent 6 months in jail on a firearms charge.
Oh yeah, Michelle Obama is WAAAAY too radical for that seat.
Proud Rino on April 6, 2009 at 9:54 PM
What a stupid bubblegum question.
Dave Rywall on April 6, 2009 at 9:54 PM
LOL!! Thank you for that…
bridgetown on April 6, 2009 at 9:55 PM
??????
Twenty or so of Michelle’s ‘best’ speeches from 18 months of campaigning
She gave almost as many public speeches through 2007-08 as her husband did, and probably 50 times as many as either Cindy McCain or Laura Bush.
And, of course, we all remember some of her most famous quotes….
Plus the wonderful interviews where we learned that she thinks her husband smells bad, and never picks up his dirty socks.
notropis on April 6, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Serious question. You are neither proud nor Rino?
carbon_footprint on April 6, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Oh man I have some good jokes that’d get me banned! :(
lorien1973 on April 6, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Hmmm. Let me think for a sec–
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! No effing way!
I think one destructive obama is quite enough thank you. And if anybody even thinks of bringing up the little obama girls, FUHGETABOUTIT!!!!
ErinF on April 6, 2009 at 9:56 PM
She’s about as qualified as he is.
(I sure hope I wake from this nightmare soon… must have been the garlic smoked cheese I ate.)
profitsbeard on April 6, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Oh please stop it . . I think I threw up in my mouth.
rplat on April 6, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Because the 0ne runs in 2012, with Hillary. That’s the deal under which she began to ‘love’ him. That moves the butterfly to 2024, at the earliest. America might be stupid, but maybe not for so long.
Entelechy on April 6, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Hey, it almost worked for Hillary. Riding the coattails. Wonder where she would have been had it not been for Willie becoming the Prez. This is the problem, though, having the same old select few even being considered way before the fact.
scalleywag on April 6, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Actually, I think the damage obama causes to America will be so massive that he may ruin the chances of any other African American winning the presidency any time soon. This would be a real shame, because there are so many gifted African American leaders out there that could really be inspirational and effective as Commander in Chief.
ErinF on April 6, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Michelle may run in 2012, but the junk in her trunk probably won’t make it to the WH until 2014….
jbh45 on April 6, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Toy helicopters and DVD’s for everyone.
Bishop on April 6, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Michelle is just as qualified as Barak…zero experience.
davenp35 on April 6, 2009 at 10:05 PM
So Obama’s going to win in 2012 and 2016?
Term limits will be a thing of the past, I suppose.
Troika37 on April 6, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Why wait? She’s old enough for 2016, right?
It's Vintage, Duh on April 6, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Don’t count out the Klinton factor. If hildebeast is still sucking up oxygen in ’20 she would be running on the “I was robbed” ticket and get all the feminazis to pull the rod for her again. I have a couple of lezzies on my street that still sport the Hillary sticker s on their autos and they are still pissed that she lost the nomination. He// hath no fury like a lezzie scorned!
GlocknRoll on April 6, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Wait, wait, wait. I thought as wife of the Messiah she was part of the the DaVinci code and she is, in fact, the Holy Grail. Why would she take the demotion?
trubble on April 6, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Should stupid, inane, pointless polls be banned in America tomorrow??
Would the world be a better place if CNN burned to the ground tomorrow??
Is Jack Cafferty really getalife’s long lost angry uncle??
BigWyo on April 6, 2009 at 10:10 PM
I know that you ‘conservatives’ have a hard time looking to the future, unless that future is 1953, but what if the Obama Stimulus works?? The Party of No – already diminished and marginalized could become even more of a fringe group. You’d have the far right break off from the ones who just want low taxes making a bad situation even worse. I can see why you want failure for BHO, his success is your downfall.
capitulus on April 6, 2009 at 10:11 PM
How about we let the public read Michelle Obama’s incoherent thesis first… unless it is now deep in the crypt with the rest of the Obamas’ documents.
onlineanalyst on April 6, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Well if she did, I would hope our Michelle would oppose her. I would take a leave of absence for a year to work on a Malkin campaign. Yes, I’m serious.
Zorro on April 6, 2009 at 10:11 PM
They’re not lezzies. They just tell you that to keep your loser self away. Glockandroll – that may be the ‘gayest’ (fair to say given the spirit of the original post) handle out there.
capitulus on April 6, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Best thing you’ll read all day.
lorien1973 on April 6, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I think that Proud Rino’s views are colored in regards to the first family.
Vince on April 6, 2009 at 10:14 PM
What’s especially amazing about this is that it’s a CNN Poll. CNN Polls almost always have a pro-left result.
SoulGlo on April 6, 2009 at 10:14 PM
What do you mean by that?
Proud Rino on April 6, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Obama 08 and 12. Hillary 16 and 20. Michelle 24 and 28. Chelsea 32 and 36. Sasha 40?
jimmy the notable on April 6, 2009 at 10:16 PM
I’m really sorry I posted that. I threw up in my mouth a little after reading it.
jimmy the notable on April 6, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Loud Dino what’s up?!?!!?
blatantblue on April 6, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I just didn’t understand the comment. Just asking for an explanation.
Proud Rino on April 6, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Least you kept yours in your mouth..
blatantblue on April 6, 2009 at 10:18 PM
They’re not lezzies. They just tell you that to keep your loser self away. Glockandroll – that may be the ‘gayest’ (fair to say given the spirit of the original post) handle out there.
capitulus on April 6, 2009 at 10:13 PM
So you’ve taken on the ‘loud and proud’ credo, I see.
Bishop on April 6, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Why not? She can ask Scary Spice to be her running mate the way the office of the presidency has lost its luster and prestige…
RepubChica on April 6, 2009 at 10:20 PM
We should vote for her and prove to her that we’re not so mean and racist and misogynistic after all.
I, for one, am tired of having to hang my head in shame for being an American.
I am so happy that Dear Leader is absolving us of our collective sins.
I weep with joy at Dear Leader’s saving Grace. He stammers and stutters for our collective sins.
Dr. ZhivBlago on April 6, 2009 at 10:22 PM
I do not believe that you are a Rino. You may be proud, of what I don’t know, but you are definately not a moderate Republican.
Now if you mean that you are registered as a Republican but vote democrat. I’ll believe that. Your views are mostly left of center.
Vince on April 6, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Amendment….
no family regimes…
no Bushs
no Clintons
no 0′s
PrincipledPilgrim on April 6, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Allah is running?
lorien1973 on April 6, 2009 at 10:23 PM
What idiot thought this brilliant idea up!
It ranks well up there like Cheryl Crow’s
brilliant 1 sq.of tiolet paper,to save the
planet!
And,does CNN have all the states invovled in this
lefty slanted poll,the other 7,of the 57 States!
canopfor on April 6, 2009 at 10:25 PM
I think this is a great idea.
Michelle can create the Fashionistas.
She can have a Secretary of Glamour.
A Czar of Clothing Bargains and Sales
Stuff like that.
Just imagine, then she can really improve America’s image!
Get rid of the mullets, baggy pants, bra straps sticking out of tanktops, JNCO jeans, mushroom haircuts, chinstrap facial hair.
Oh man! The pastabilities are endless!
blatantblue on April 6, 2009 at 10:26 PM
1. What views?
2. You still didn’t answer my question. What did you mean when you said this:
Proud Rino on April 6, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Great story. Loved his honesty about his early life and the resulting point of view. Class envy is the greatest crutch of all time. This article should get more exposure.
sherry on April 6, 2009 at 10:26 PM
It was nice knowin’ ya’.
blatantblue on April 6, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Is she scurred of 2016, or are assuming Barry loses in 2012 and the democrats again in 2016?
SouthernGent on April 6, 2009 at 10:28 PM
I did answer! Your views toward the first family are colored by your views of politics in general, at least as they are espoused on this site.
Difficult to comprehend?
Vince on April 6, 2009 at 10:29 PM
What a stupid canadian. Giving the moose the night off, eh?
HornetSting on April 6, 2009 at 10:30 PM
I’ll vote for Mrs. B. Hussein Ogabe’s incredibly awesome arms, but if the rest of her has to come with too, no way.
Bishop on April 6, 2009 at 10:33 PM
I see.
I don’t care if Michelle Obama runs for anything. I don’t think she’d ever get elected President for a variety of reasons. I do think she could get elected to Congress in an ultraliberal district (although I don’t think she’d run). She’s popular and well liked amongst a lot of people, and she has great name recognition.
That’s not a super liberal view, that’s reality.
Also, you don’t know my views any more than I know yours.
Proud Rino on April 6, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Wasn’t that job created *for* her, as wife of a state senator, to begin with? Maybe I”m thinking of something else.
Midas on April 6, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Why Wouldn’t Michelle “I am proud of my country for the first time in my life” Obama, not run for President…..LOL! I mean her husband Barack “America has been Arrogant” Obama, excuse me while I bow to the King Of Saudi Arabia, is doing such a bang up job, him and his cabinet Joe Biden- Paying Taxes is Patriotic. Nancy Pelosi “Enforcing Immigration Laws is UnAmerican” Eric “America Is a Nation Of Cowards” Holder, and lets not forget The Mistress of Foggy Bottom, America is responsible-guilty for Mexican Drug Cartel Violence in Mexico, you know we are responsible for the majority of guns being used….NO NOT REALLY debunked. But surely It must be America’s Fault. Yeah The Obamas and their administration, those are some proud patriotic Americans/sarc. I am sure Michelle “This is a Mean Country” Obama, would be a shoe in :) And her husband you know the expert on Americans clinging to their guns and bibles and shunning strangers, I am sure he will be a big assEt.
Dr Evil on April 6, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Fits right in with the Obama’s philosophy, in that they are the cheapest people I have ever seen. The one time they gave a significant but still too small amount was to their phony racist antisemetic church and you know they did it for political, i.e., selfish reason. Cheap. Cheap. Cheap. And then Aunt Ester went on the campaign trial and whine how hard it was to make ends meet. Liar. If it was any body else but the new queen and queen of America, the press would have dismantled them.
Blake on April 6, 2009 at 10:36 PM
What a stupid canadian.Giving the moose the night off,eh?
HornetSting on April 6,2009 at 10:30PM.
HornetSting: When you mentioned Rywall,and even though
Canada is mostly bush,I looked through my
kitchen window,and my Canadian Beaver Farm
in its natural habitat has been unmolested!
Whew,for a minute I was worried,that Rywall
was in the vicinity!
I hope Rywall,knows that anything to do with
any Moose in Canada,is out of Season,for any
purpose!!hahaah,(Snark):)
canopfor on April 6, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Proud Rino @ 10:34 PM
I only know the views that you state on this site and to me they are left of center for the most part. As for Michelle Obama getting elected anywhere for any reason, that would be a great example of the dumbing down of America.
Vince on April 6, 2009 at 10:40 PM
By 2020, Michelle the Clydesdale will weigh 600 pounds and she will be less viable as a candidate (Ron Paul would have a much better chance, now and by 2020), then than she is now.
BottomLine5 on April 6, 2009 at 10:41 PM
I’ve been in this guy’s shoes at one time too. I totally know where he is coming from. When he hates his buddy for not helping him out more. Been there. I’m so glad I’m not still there.
lorien1973 on April 6, 2009 at 10:44 PM
What’d I do? *confused*
lorien1973 on April 6, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Oh man, thanks Hotair. I just got a BRILLIANT idea.
I’m going to make up a whole bunch of Michelle Obama 2012 shirts and bumber stickers. I’ll make money off the idiots who are drooling over her and…. this is the best part…
you will be able to positively identify the drooling morons in your neighborhood.
WHAT A PLAN!!!
bullseye on April 6, 2009 at 10:44 PM
I don’t think drywall likes beaver, canopfor. ;)
HornetSting on April 6, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Again: What views?
As for the dumbing down of America comment: Yes. We’ve elected Al Franken (most likely), Jesse Ventura, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and I can’t even tell you how many ex football players, singers, actors and people with zero qualifications but a famous name (e.g. Kennedy) to office, but Michelle Obama, the Princeton and Harvard Law grad – THAT would be the dumbing down of America. Whatever.
Proud Rino on April 6, 2009 at 10:45 PM
No, I think YOU, Proud Rino, are an excellent example of the dumbing down of America.
We have her husband effing up this country and embarassing our country all over Europe right now and HE went to Harvard. A degree doesn’t mean you’re intelligent.
HornetSting on April 6, 2009 at 10:48 PM
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