Over at Knappster, Thomas Knapp and his brother muse on the prospects of who Joe Biden would pick as his Vice-Presidential running mate (presuming that he is the nominee for the democrats.
There’s been some chatter about her running for president, but that seems unlikely. We’ve already seen what happens to former first ladies who get the top slot, and she doesn’t have a resume full of political or CEO qualifications
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On the other hand, in the VP slot, she would very much be helpful in getting two important Democratic demographics (African-American voters and female voters) off their asses and to the polls, and probably especially so in Wisconsin and Michigan, two swing states where a few thousand votes would have made the difference last time.Then there’s the dynasty/Cinderalla story angle: Obama-Biden 2009-2017; Biden-Obama 2021-2029; Obama-? 2037-2045? Heads would be exploding on all sides in both good and bad ways on that.
Read more at http://knappster.blogspot.com/2019/09/michelle-obama-for-vice-president.html