Joe Biden’s increasing disadvantage in the polls against his increasingly likely Republican rival in this year’s US presidential election, Donald Trump, is leading Democrats to consider alternative candidates. At the head of the preferences now appears former first lady Michele Obama.
The idea of the alternative Michelle Obamawife of former President Barack, began running in the halls of Congress when, last November, David Axelrod wrote on the social network X that President Biden should consider running for office again.
At the time, Axelrod expressed concern about Biden’s very low popularity ratings and the polls that were beginning to show Trump as the best positioned to return to the White House after the November 2024 presidential election.
“Only Biden can make this decision. If he stays in the Democratic primary race, he will be the party’s nominee,” wrote Axelord, a former adviser to Barack Obama who continues to be a key strategist for Democrats.
“What Biden needs is to wonder if this is sensible; whether this is in the best interest of you or the country”, suggested David Axelrod.
Soon after this message on social media, several Republican congressmen cbegan to react to the message from the former advisor from the White House, including Ted Cruz.
The influential senator from Texas, in a television interview, implied that Barack Obama continues to be the one in charge of the Democratic Party and that, at any time, Could you put your wife on the bulletins? voting in the Democratic primaries.
The possibility remained dormant for a few weeksbut the polls – which continue to indicate a Biden’s popularity remainsseveral points away from Trump, especially in states considered decisive for an electoral victory – brought the topic back into the political discussion.
This week, in an interview with the Fox News channel, ultra-conservative congressman Byron Donalds said Michelle Obama’s candidacy is almost certaininvoking information given to you by members close to the White House, who would be showing concern about the possibility of Trump returning to the White House.
Republicans invoke another argument: a statement from the beginning of this month by Michelle Obama, in another podcast interview, in which the former first lady said she very worried about the possibility of a Trump victory in the November 5 elections.
“What could happen in the next election? I am scared with what could happen, because our leaders are relevant. Whoever we choose, whoever speaks for us, whoever has access to the pulpit”, said Michelle Obama, in this interview.
Democrats won’t comment the former first lady’s statements do not even admit to discussing her candidacy, but the North American media guarantee that the party there are polls that reveal that Michelle has better chances to stop Trump than Joe Biden.
Democratic polls prove what other opinion studies indicate: voters they consider Biden to be too old and tired, at 81 years old, to be able to finish a second term and do not recognize the economic results that the White House considers to be positive.
This week, several North American media outlets reported that the scenario of Michelle Obama being placed in the Democratic primaries is being considered seriously among Republicanswho prepare for this scenario.
Roger Stone, Donald Trump’s longtime political advisor, wrote in his column that Republicans must face this possibility and prepare for fight popularity that Michelle Obama has already proven to have succeeded with the electorate, particularly minorities, who constitute an important sector for a presidential victory.
In 2020, then-outgoing president Donald Trump and Michelle Obama were considered the most admired man and woman in the country in an annual Gallup poll.
At the time, Barack Obama was still tied with former President Dwight Eiseinhower (1953-1961) as the most admired of US history.
According to the United States Constitution, Barack Obama, who has already served two terms as president, cannot run for office again.