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Is Michelle Obama About to 'Wiggle Into' the 2024 Presidential Race?

The notion that Barack and Michelle Obama have missed the overt reigns of power they enjoyed during the Obama presidency is widely held. Sure, some believe the former president has been pulling Joe Biden's strings from the beginning, but what if that isn't enough for the power-crazed couple?

New York Post columnist Cindy Adams warned on Wednesday that Americans shouldn't be shocked if Mrs. Obama "sneaks her way into the 2024 race." She began her op-ed by blistering Biden. Biden won’t debate. Can’t. Our codger-in-chief can’t even read the prewritten script in front of him fast enough to pronounce the words. So, forget him — which most of us already have.

Question: If Michelle is indeed running — why is she waiting so long to enter the race? Could it be part of a larger plan to dump Joe by, say, March? By "dump Joe," I mean to first offer him a face-saving way to quietly bow out.

The Obamas, worth at least $70 million, as estimated by Business Insider in February 2023, enjoy an extravagant lifestyle — while the former president at least attempts to play puppetmaster to addled 81-year-old Biden.

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Biden Insults the Voters of Iowa and Appears to Mock the 'March for Life'

Biden made a damning admission in response to the strikes against the Houthis for attacking our assets and those of other countries. He admitted that the strikes so far weren't working. Weakness rarely works, and telling people "don't" rarely stops them, especially if they know by experience that they're not going to be dealt with severely. If you start out with weakness, people don't take you seriously.

He was also asked about other subjects like Trump's resounding win in the Iowa caucuses and what it meant for the November presidential election. But Joe being Joe, I don't think he realized what he was saying as he tried to ding Trump, but in the process, managed to insult the people of the Hawkeye State.

"I don't think Iowa means anything," Biden sniped, not getting he was putting down the state and its voters. He continued: The president got 50 some thousand votes, the lowest number of votes anybody who's won got. This idea that it's going to be some kind of runaway. He can characterize any way he wants. I'll let him make that judgment.

What he said about Trump's showing was also spin to try to deflect from realities: Trump won by almost 30 points. He got a higher percentage than anyone in recent history. He also almost swept all the counties, coming up just one vote short of winning 99. It was a formidable win in a state where Biden did not do well in 2020. When almost 76 percent turned out in Iowa in 2020, Trump beat Biden running away, 53.09 percent to 44.89.

Biden's dismissive attitude is not going to go over well in Iowa, as Jeff Kaufman, the Iowa GOP chair, noted. He pointed out that Biden lost in caucuses in 2008/2020 in the state as well.

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