President Joe Biden's mental state has long been a concern for voters. Sixty-eight percent of responders in an NBC News poll last June said they had "major/moderate concern" about Biden's mental and physical health. Now, New York Post columnist Cindy Adams and former Fox News host Megyn Kelly have both said in the last week they've heard that Democratic donors are being contacted for feedback on a plan that would convince Biden to step down – not a novel concept for an 81-year-old.
The wife of former President Barack Obama, Michelle, carries a level of popularity within the Democratic Party … and Biden and Trump (77) make 60-year-old Michelle look quite youthful.
"Reports" of such a plan may underscore a weak campaign for the incumbent, but getting Lady Obama to the top of ticket at some point requires complicity from Joe Biden. That won't come easily if it comes at all, Marc Lotter, the chief communications officer at America First Policy Institute, said on American Family Radio Monday.
"Number one: Joe Biden has wanted this office since the 1980s. It's been his dream. He also has this belief in his brain that 'I beat Donald Trump once, and I can do it again,'" Lotter told show host Jenna Ellis.
Biden may remain confident in 2024, but for many in the run-up to the 2020 election part of the attraction to Biden was that he wasn't "mean" on Twitter.
Now it's possible that a pleasant disposition on social media could be overwhelmed by the southern border, the costs for gas and food, the weaponization of government resources against political opponents plus men on women's sports teams and other radical social positions.
"He didn't have a record then. It's a much different race [now] than it was the last time around," Lotter said. "I get the wishful thinking that they're going to get Michelle Obama or Oprah or somebody to come in and save them – but I do think it's wishful thinking."
Those who are drawn to the idea of Michelle Obama in the Oval Office were energized by her fearful outlook on the state of leadership in America and her recently released comments to podcaster Jay Shetty. But Lotter doesn't think that's enough to get her in the race.
"… Everything I've ever read [about Michelle Obama] has suggested that she enjoyed her time in the White House, that she enjoyed her time in Washington, DC," he recalled. "I don't know why she would want to give up her millions of dollars, that lavish lifestyle in Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard to come back and do this."
Demographics do matter
"I want to say this first and foremost: Michelle Obama is not qualified to be the president of the United States. The American people and patriots across this country should be terrified [of her being president]. What Michelle is doing is trying to lay the groundwork for herself. "I have to ask the American people: What did Michelle Obama do when Barack Obama was the president for eight years? What did she do for this country? What did she do for black people?" "Under the Trump leadership, America flourished. We had the borders closed. We didn't have to worry about all the illegals. So, I'm telling the American people: Do not be fooled by Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. "She's got some nerve to talk about if President Trump gets in, then we've got to worry about democracy. Well, Michelle Robinson Obama, what about the democracy right now?" Pastor David L. Lowery, Jr. |
Lotter is confident Mrs. Obama – if nominated in this manner – would leapfrog more experienced politicians. But he argues she would also help Democrats with a key demographic.
"When it comes to another candidate, they can't replace Joe Biden with [California Gov.] Gavin Newsom or [Michigan Gov.] Gretchen Whitmer for one reason: They are struggling and bleeding black Democrat voters.," Lotter stated.
"The polls show them with Donald Trump getting 20 or 25% [of the black vote], which is three times the amount that he got in 2020. If they replace Joe Biden with anyone other than Kamala Harris or Michelle Obama or somebody like that, it would be an insult to those voters and people who are already struggling to come out and vote. Are they going to stay home or vote the other direction?" Lotter asked.
'No margin for error'
Both Newsom's and Whitmer's names have been in conversations already about who could possibly replace Biden as the Democrats' flagbearer. But the mere suggestion that Michelle Obama might lead the party's ticket may be why conservative activist Gary Bauer says there's no margin of error in the upcoming elections to avoid globalists winning the battle for America.
Bauer, chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, says this is a battle for the future of the country. "We have no margin of error. Every person has to be involved," he tells AFN.
He didn't stop there: "Every person has to find somebody else who shares their values and make sure that they vote. You need to donate to candidates if you can; you need to volunteer in the campaign if you can. It's a battle to the finish.
"America is either going to be revived and restored and get back to what we've been for most of our country," he adds … or the Left is going to finish the job "of turning us into a secular, neo-Marxist nation run by globalists, where the average American gets up every morning and is ignored, is undermined, its values trashed, [and] it's children indoctrinated.
"That's what's on the ballot – and the jury is out on who's going to win," Bauer concludes.
Nevada is the next stop for the Republican primary train, and former President Trump is heavily favored to win the February 8 caucuses there. And then on February 24, there is the South Carolina GOP primary – which many political observers predict will be former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley's last stand.
Most political pundits say Trump's nomination for the GOP ticket appears inevitable; and he leads Joe Biden in most head-to-head general election polls. Still some urge caution, pointing to the poor performances for Republicans in 2022 and 2023.
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