Former First Lady Michelle Obama has repeatedly said she is not running for office, but now that Democratic nominee and former VP Joe Biden has vowed to choose a female VP, could she reconsider? Chris Cillizza explains why Michelle Obama would be a dream vice president pick, but why it’s unlikely to happen.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
Vice President Michelle Obama?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/21/politics/michelle-obama-joe-biden-vice-president/index.html
‘I’d Take Her In A Heartbeat’: Joe Biden Says He Would Pick Michelle Obama To Be His Vice President
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/20/joe-biden-says-he-would-pick-michelle-obama-to-be-his-vice-president/
Biden vows to select a woman as his running mate
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/15/biden-woman-vice-president-131309
Michelle Obama’s Becoming May Be the Best-Selling Memoir Ever
https://www.wmagazine.com/story/michelle-obama-becoming-memoir-sales-record/
Michelle Obama’s voter registration group throws support behind mail-in voting push
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/13/politics/michelle-obama-mail-in-voting-support-coronavirus/index.html
Michelle Obama wants to save politics by staying out of it
https://www.politico.eu/article/michelle-obama-president-book-becoming-wants-to-save-politics-by-staying-out-of-them/
MICHELLE OBAMA: ‘I WON’T RUN FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE I DON’T LEAD A NORMAL LIFE ANYMORE’
https://www.newsweek.com/michelle-obama-president-conan-obrien-2020-podcast-1367509
Michelle Obama Wants to Save Politics By Staying
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/11/16/michelle-obama-wants-to-save-politics-by-staying-out-of-them-222575
Valerie Jarrett says Michelle Obama won’t run for public office: ‘It will never happen’
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/417407-valerie-jarrett-shoots-down-idea-of-michelle-obama-running-for-office-it-will
Michelle Obama said attending Trump’s inauguration as one of few people of color was ‘a lot emotionally’
https://www.businessinsider.com/michelle-obama-trump-inauguration-a-lot-emotionally-2019-7
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