Dear Washington, D.C., let someone new run for president.
Let someone who genuinely wants to serve his country run for president rather than someone whose family has been in politics for years.
Washington, D.C. thinks small. It sticks with who it knows, keeping it all in the family. Hillary Clinton, a former first lady, ran for president. George W. Bush, son of former President George H.W. Bush, became president. Former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was fifth cousins with former President Theodore Roosevelt.
Luckily, however, the Obamas won’t be added to this list, as former first lady Michelle Obama said she doesn’t plan on running for president in 2024.
“I’ve never expressed any interest in politics. Ever,” Obama said. “I mean, I agreed to support my husband. He wanted to do it, and he was great at it. But at no point have I ever said, ‘I think I want to run.’ Ever.”
Obama’s Director of Communications Crystal Carson said Obama supports President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ reelection campaign.
Obama will campaign for Biden and Harris once Biden gets the expected nomination, Boston Globe Columnist Renée Graham wrote in a March 10 article.
Most Democrats don’t fully support Biden’s reelection and would prefer a different, stronger candidate like a former first lady. Democrats and Republicans started considering the possibility of the former first lady becoming a Democratic presidential candidate before primaries began. Other names suggested for the Democratic presidential candidate included Harris and California Governor Gavin Newsom.
Nevertheless, the Democratic party is rallying behind Biden. Newsom said in a 2023 NBC interview, “I think we need to move past this notion that he’s not going to run. We’re gearing up for the campaign. We’re looking forward to it.”
Harris has no intention of running for president, but she said she’s ready to serve as president if anything happens to 81-year-old Biden. “I am ready to serve. There’s no question about that,” Harris said to the Wall Street Journal Feb. 6.
Since Obama supports Biden as the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, she shows her values lie with every liberal issue Biden touts. Even if Obama were the Democratic presidential candidate, she wouldn’t offer anything better than Biden.
