WASHINGTON – Former first lady Michelle Obama joined former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Biden on Air Force One on Tuesday to go to the funeral of former first lady Rosalynn Carter in Georgia.
Michelle Obama, 59, traveled without her husband and former Biden boss, former President Barack Obama, amid renewed speculation that she could follow in Hillary Clinton’s footsteps and seek the nation’s highest office for herself.
The 81-year-old Biden faces dismal poll numbers ahead of an expected rematch next year against former President Donald Trump, who leads in national and state polls despite four pending criminal trials.
“If Michelle announced, the election would instantly go from a hotly contested race to a landslide,” a Democratic source told RadarOnline.com in September.
Another Democrat told the outlet: “Democrats are saying someone has to stop Trump and Barack knows Michelle is the best person to do it! Party heavyweights are secretly testing the waters for support.”
Michelle Obama, who served as first lady for eight years, has repeatedly denied any interest in electoral politics – even though she and Barack, 62, still live about two miles from the White House in DC.
Obama joined the Clintons and President Biden on Air Force One on Tuesday to go to the funeral of former first lady Rosalynn Carter. AFP via Getty Images
“No. I will not run,” he told the BBC last November.
However, some Democrats have since expressed panic over Biden’s polling problems — with Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) launched a long-term primary challenge to the president, saying he fears Biden can’t win another four years in the White House.
Former Obama chief strategist David Axelrod has shown Biden’s age in recent media interviews, saying this month on CNN that “in front of the camera, what he’s shown causes people to worry, and that’s troubling.”
Guests arrive before a memorial service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Chapel at Emory University on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Atlanta. AP
“He thinks he can cheat nature here and it’s really risky,” Axelrod told New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd Nov. 18, putting Biden’s chances of winning reelection at “a 50-50 shot … but no better than that, maybe a little worse.”
A recent RealClearPolitics national polling average has Biden at 44.8%, behind Trump at 47.4%. A Times/Siena College poll of seven swing states this month showed Trump winning in six of them.
Polls show that the economy is the top issue for voters and there is also greater concern about Biden’s age than Trump’s.
Rosalynn Carter died on November 19 at the age of 96 via REUTERS
Michelle Obama has sparked speculation about a political career with an impassioned speech — with her 2020 endorsement of Biden at the virtual Democratic convention widely regarded as one of the event’s strongest moments.
“If you think things can’t get any worse, trust me, they can – and they will if we don’t make a difference in this election,” said the former first lady, wearing a gold “VOTE” necklace.
“If we have any hope of ending this mess, we need to vote for Joe Biden like our lives depend on it.”
Rosalynn Carter was married to former President Jimmy Carter for 77 years. AP
Biden’s aides insist he will once again prove his critics wrong and win another term – pointing to his impressive comeback in the 2020 Democratic primary after suffering losses in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.
“I can look back and see where … President Obama was a year from his election, where President Clinton was a year before his election, and it doesn’t look like they’re going to win,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre quipped at a weekday briefing. then. “So, it’s not unusual. You talk about a dismal poll; It’s not unusual for a president to be where they are ahead of that.”
Rosalynn Carter died on November 19 at the age of 96. Her partner of 77 years, former President Jimmy Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981, turned 99 on October 1, a few months after entering hospice care.
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