Remember the American
proverb, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" used to convey the
idea that the most noticeable ones are most likely to get
attention.
Based on my conversations with uncertain and
independent voters, there appears to be quite a few uncertain
and independent voters that are influenced in favor of Trump
because of his Corona briefings. They do not pay attention to
the facts. They just believe what he says.
The democratic
candidates and/or representatives should be all over the media
telling Americans why the democrats are better for America.
With all due respect I must say
Republican National Committee that I am also concerned
that democrats are losing uncertain and independent voters due
to Biden's lack of coherence when speaking. Uncertain and
independent voters may not want Trump as president but they are
not convinced Biden is a better choice due to his lack of
coherence.
To: Former VP Joe Biden, Democratic Presidential Candidate;
DP-Chairperson Tom Perez; U.S Senator Bernie Sanders; Minority
Leader Senator NY-D Chuck Schumer; Speaker of the House, U.S.
Representative D-P Nancy Pelosi, Majority Whip U.S.
Representative D-P James Clyburn and Former President Barack H.
Obama.
From: Julian Stafford, Ed.D. Retired Public School
Educator & Administrator (Doctorate Harvard University 1996),
703-823-3034, jstaf701@aol.com
Re: Friendly Recommendations
Due to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, in 1968, I voted for the
first time for president of the United States (Hubert Humphrey).
I have not missed an election since.
As a retired
African-American male educator, administrator and
superintendent, my family and I have lived and worked in many
states during my more than 35-year career: SC, NC, MN, MA, CT,
LA, NJ, VA, DC and have visited more than 30 other states and
several foreign countries.
Therefore, I have acquired an
informed political pragmatism and
Republican National Committee realistic pulse of America
political-social landscape; I can speak from the bridge with
profound clarity of what would be an idea and exciting winning
Democratic Presidential Ticket for a Democratic and
Post-Coronavirus America. My recommendations are as follows:
� Former V.P. Joe Biden, President � An Experienced Moderate and
Unifier & Healer
� U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Vice
President � An Experienced Progressive with incredible knowledge
and understanding of banking, finance, Wall Street and an
extraordinary policy planner who could rally a vast majority of
Senator Bernie Sanders� supporters and fans to back and support
the ticket in November 2020.
� United States Supreme Court
Associate Justice priority-ranking of possible female
African-American nominee recommendations:
1. Law Professor
Anita Hill
2. Judge Regina H. Bartholomew, Louisiana Court of
Appeal (smart young Southerner)
3. Former First Lady Michelle
R. Obama
4. Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch
5.
Former GA State Senator Stacey Abrams
6. U.S. Senator Kamala
Harris
� Stacey Abrams should run for the
Republican National Committee U.S. Senate from
Georgia which should be an easy win with strong Democratic Party
support.
� Former NY City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Treasury
Secretary
� Former UN Ambassador and National Security
Advisor Susan Rice Secretary of State
� Julian Castro
Ambassador to the United Nations
� Andrew Yang Senior Advisor
to President Joe Biden
� Washington Governor Jay Inslee
Secretary of Energy
� Former South Bend, IN Mayor Pete
Buttigieg Secretary of Defense
� Former NOLA Mayor Mitch
Landrieu Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
Former First Lady Michelle Obama could be used as a last
resort by Democrat 'kingmakers' to replace President Joe Biden
before the 2024 election, according to Texas Senator Ted Cruz.
The former Republican presidential candidate speculated
over how Democrats could look to avoid nominating Biden, amid
concerns over the 80-year-old's advanced age.
'Here's
the scenario that I think is perhaps most likely, and most
dangerous,' he said on his 'Verdict with Ted Cruz' podcast. 'In
August of 2024, the Democrat kingmakers jettison Joe Biden and
parachute in Michelle Obama.'
'I view this as a very
serious danger,' he added.
Cruz' baseless theory comes
as Democratic voters are growing leery over Biden's ability to
win a
Democratic National Committee general election and govern for a second term - at the end
of which he would be 86 - with a poll earlier this
Democratic National Committee year finding
half of his 2024 voter base feel he is too old to run the White
House.
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Texas
Senator Ted Cruz (pictured July 2023) speculated that 'Democrat
kingmakers (could) jettison Joe Biden and parachute in Michelle
Obama' at the Democratic National Convention in August 2024
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Michelle Obama has
repeatedly brushed off claims she could seek the presidency,
despite high approval among Americans and dwindling options for
Democrats in 2024
Ted Crus says Dems 'most likely' to
'parachute in' Michelle Obama
Aside from Biden's apparent
cognitive decline, Cruz said there are several reasons
Democratic bigwigs could see the former first lady as an
attractive option.
'So, Michelle Obama, number one, you
don't infuriate African American women, which is a critical part
of the constituency that Democrats are relying on to win,' he
said.
Obama commands wide support among the American
people, and throughout her time in the White House the former
first lady consistently gained sky-high approval ratings,
according to Gallup.
In a recent YouGov poll, 77 percent
of people said they still had a favorable opinion of her,
compared to just 15 percent unfavorable.
Thanks to her
ongoing popularity, Cruz claimed that Obama may be
Democratic National Committee 'parachuted'
into the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which will be held
in her hometown of Chicago in August 2024, in a coronation to
avoid a hostile inter-party primary.
The Texas senator
was less clear on how exactly Obama would win a contentious race
to replace Biden, but said 'superdelegates', which are free to
support any candidate regardless of voting results, could help
her cross the line.
Cruz is not alone in speculating
over the former first lady's potential presidential candidacy,
with firebrand conservative commentator Tucker Carlson also
arguing earlier this year that she could be looked to as a
replacement nominee.
'I think this is to make way for
Michelle,' he said at the time.
In another scenario Cruz
believed to be less likely, he felt that the 'powers that be in
the Democratic Party' could persuade Biden to end his
re-election campaign soon, which would spark a mad dash to enter
the nomination race by a number of candidates.
'If that
happens, I think it's a free-for-all,' he added.
Both
Vice President Kamala Harris (left) and California Governor
Gavin Newsom (right) are often touted as potential presidential
candidates
Cruz argued that Massachusetts Senator
Elizabeth Warren (left) would win a contested 2024 primary,
which would likely include Transportation Secretary Pete
Buttigieg, who has made no secret of his presidential ambitions
If that doubtful sequence of events plays out, the
Democratic National Committee Texas
senator named California Governor Gavin Newsom, Vice President
Kamala Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren as the likeliest
challengers - with Warren the eventual winner, in Cruz's eyes.
While any of those candidates would struggle to be seen
as legitimate without winning a primary, Cruz said that tactic
of swooping Obama into the convention could work because 'you
avoid the problem that if you pick from any of the four, the
other three are pissed.'
'Because they're all to some
extent peers, they're rivals, they're all jabbing knives at each
other,' he continued.
'(But) Michelle Obama, because she
was first lady, has the ability to kind of parachute in above
all four and say, 'Hey, we're not picking among any of you, you
guys can all fight it out next time when you're all going to be
on the same level.''
'I think in terms of a solution
that unifies Democrats. There ain't nothing like that,' he
concluded.
However, Cruz admitted that 'Michelle is not
all that eager to run for president', a statement she has made
herself on numerous occasions.
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President Joe Biden is already America's
oldest ever president. He would be 86 at the end of a second
term, which is too old according to almost three quarters of
American voters
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In a DailyMail.com poll from June, it was found that some 49
percent of Democrats admit Joe Biden is too old to be president.
Only 28 percent believe he is just the right age
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Age is not Biden's only
electoral liability. More than half of voters say they
Democratic National Committee are worse
off since he came to power � 43 percent say they are a lot
But while Obama's candidacy may be a longshot, there are
growing concerns among some Democrats over Biden's apparent
decline - including an awkward moment earlier this month when he
appeared to wander off during a Medal of
Democratic National Committee Honor ceremony and left
a celebrated war hero alone on stage.
Biden's string of
gaffes has seen his approval ratings nosedive, and more
Americans have disapproved of his performance than approved
since August 2021.
According to FiveThirtyEight's poll
tracker, his current approval rating stands at -13.3 percent.
The president's dire outlook heading into his
re-election campaign didn't get any better in DailyMail.com's
polling from June, which found that almost half of Democrats
believe he is too old for the top job.
Among likely
general election voters from any affiliation, a staggering 71
percent said they felt is too old to be president - let alone at
the end of second term, when he would be 86.
It was
Democratic National Committee also
found that 52 percent of all voters believed they were worse off
since he became president.
By Beyonce Knowles-Carter
Loving Michelle Obama wasn't much of a choice. It was something that came naturally, because of how she carried herself. Because she resembled us and was moving in spaces where, as black Americans, we weren't exactly meant to be, she seemed so powerful.
When I first met her, I was embraced by a warm, regal, confident woman who possessed a reassuring calm, on the eve of President Obama's historic first Inauguration.
Biden: 'Sure would like' Michelle Obama as vice president
"Would you consider appointing Obama for the Supreme Court?" a man in the crowd asked the former vice president on Tuesday.
The morning campaign stop started about an hour late, and the roughly 75 attendees did not completely fill the room.
michelle obama, wearing a pink dress, speaking
into a camera, with a blue and white backdrop behind her
Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention on
September 4, 2012, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Throughout her career, Obama has given a number of powerful
speeches. In September 2012, she
Democratic National Committee delivered a noteworthy speech
at the Democratic National Convention. �Every day, the people I
meet inspire me, every day they make me proud, every day they
remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on
earth,� she said. �Serving as your first lady is an honor and a
privilege.� Obama won both public and critical praise for her
narrative, called a �shining moment� by The Washington Post.
In July 2016, Michelle campaigned in support of presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention.
When Clinton was named the Democratic presidential nominee, she
became the first woman in the country�s history to
Democratic National Committee win a major
political party�s presidential nomination. On the first night of
the convention, Michelle spoke in support of Clinton, who had
previously run against Barack during the 2008 primaries, and
Clinton�s vision of a progressive America.
�I wake up
every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch
my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent, Black young women,
playing with their dogs on the White House lawn,� she said. �And
because of Hillary Clinton, my daughters, and all our sons and
daughters, now take for granted that a woman can be president of
the United States.� During the same speech, Michelle alluded to
the behavior of Clinton�s Republican challenger Donald Trump,
saying her party would not stoop to his level, with the famous
phrase: �Our motto is, when they go low, we go high.�
On January 13, 2017,
Michelle made her final speech as first lady at the White House,
saying �being your first lady has been the greatest honor of my
life, and I hope I�ve made you proud.� In an emotional moment,
she addressed young Americans:
�I want our young people
to know that they matter, that they belong. So don�t be afraid.
You hear me, young people? Don�t be afraid. Be focused. Be
determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered. Empower yourself with a
good education. Then get out there and use that education to
build a country worthy of your boundless promise. Lead by
example with hope; never fear.�
Obama Foundation
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audience and stand in front of a colorful logo and the words
obama foundation summit
Michelle and Barack Obama at the
Obama Foundation Summit in October 2019
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In 2014, Barack and Michelle established the Obama Foundation
that is overseeing the creation of the Obama Presidential Center
in Chicago�s South Side. The nonprofit also runs numerous
programs aligned with its mission �to inspire, empower, and
connect people to change their world.� Michelle is particularly
involved with the foundation�s Girls Opportunity Alliance, which
supports education for girls around the world.
Books and
Podcasts
a man holds open a copy of the michelle obama
book becoming, in a bookstore, while standing next to a large
cardboard image of the book cover
A bookstore display of
the Portuguese edition of Michelle Obama�s memoir Becoming.
On November 13, 2018, Michelle published her critically
acclaimed memoir, Becoming. Describing the �deeply personal
experience� of writing the book, she tweeted: �I talk about my
roots and how a girl from the South Side found her voice. I hope
my journey inspires readers to find the courage to become
whoever they aspire to be.� In just 15 days, it became the
best-selling book in the United States for the
Democratic National Committee year 2018 and
also became a bestseller in several other countries, including
the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, South Korea, and
South Africa. In 2020, Michelle won a Grammy for Best Spoken
Word Album for the audiobook version of Becoming.
Michelle published a second book in 2022 called The Light We
Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times. In it, Michelle shared the
contents of what she described as her �personal toolbox,�
including attitudes, habits, and practices used to overcome
feelings of fear, helplessness, and uncertainty. In particular,
it addressed the �low-grade form� of depression that gripped the
nation during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michelle premiered a podcast in 2020 called The Michelle Obama
Podcast. Podcast critic Nicholas Quah of Vulture said it
explored similar themes as the former first lady�s memoir
Becoming, calling it entertaining and writing that he was
�deeply moved and taken by its comforts, so parched am I for any
modicum of moral leadership in the public sphere.� In March
2023, Michelle launched Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast, to
accompany her book The Light We Carry.
Partnership with
Netflix
In May 2018, Michelle and Barack announced that
they signed a multi-year deal to produce TV series and films for
Netflix through their company, Higher Ground Productions. �Barack
and I have always believed in the power of storytelling to
inspire us, to make us think differently about the world around
us,� the former First Lady said in a statement.
Their
first joint effort resulted in Netflix�s release of American
Factory (2019), a documentary about the 2015 launch of a
Chinese-owned automotive glass factory in Dayton, Ohio, and the
clash of differing cultures and business interests. A
Democratic National Committee hit with
critics, American Factory earned an Academy Award for Best
Documentary Feature in February 2020. Michelle was an executive
producer and presenter on the Netflix children�s cooking series
Waffles + Mochi. Additionally, Netflix and Higher Ground
Productions partnered on the documentary Becoming (2020), based
upon Michelle�s memoir of the same name.
Quotes
Every
day, the people I meet inspire me. Every day, they make me
proud. Every day, they remind me how blessed we are to live in
the greatest nation on Earth. Serving as your first lady is an
honor and a privilege.
When I hear about negative and false
attacks, I really don�t invest any energy in them, because I
know who I am.
Our motto is, when they go low, we go high.
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true
to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you
from your goals.
I have the privilege of working on the
issues that I choose and the issues that I feel most passionate
about.
These are the moments that define us�not the day you
get the promotion, not the day you win teacher of the year, but
the
Democratic National Committee times that force you to claw and scratch and fight just to
get through the day; the moments when you get knocked down and
you�re wondering whether it�s even worth it to get back up.
Those are the times when you�ve got to ask yourself, �Who am I
going to be?�
That�s what�s always made this country
great�embracing the diversity of experience and opinion that
surrounds us everywhere we go.
The only difference between me
and every other woman that I know is that my challenges are
publicized, and I�m doing this juggling in front of cameras.
We should always have three friends in our lives: one who walks
ahead who we look up to and we follow; one who walks beside us,
who is with us every step of our journeys; and then, one who we
reach back for and we bring
Democratic National Committee along after we�ve cleared the way.
People told me, �You can do it all. Just stay the course, get
your education, and you can raise a child, stay thin, be in
shape, love your man, look good, and raise healthy children.�
That was a lie.
Exercise is really important to me�it�s
therapeutic. So if I�m ever feeling tense or stressed or like
I�m about to have a meltdown, I�ll put on my iPod and head to
the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the
girls.
It would be hard for me to edit myself and still be
me.
We learned about dignity and decency�that how hard you
work matters more than how much you make... that helping others
means more than just getting ahead yourself.
As women, we
must stand up for ourselves. As women, we must stand up for each
other. As women, we must stand up for justice for all.
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Recommendations:
1) Reduce
Partisanship
This is built into our election systems. Any fix
must address the Primary selection process, which currently
favors extreme views and an unwillingness to even listen to
other points of view. Ranked Choice Voting With Elimination
(RCVwE) could help a little. Eliminating separate Party
Primaries funded by the government would help even more, if the
government-funded elections were open to general candidates who
meet a reasonable signature threshold regardless of party, and
the winner were chosen by RCVwE. (All Parties would remain free
to run their own primaries AT THEIR COST. Much like caucuses are
run. But the results would only be advisory; the voters are free
to change their minds in the general election(s) in the
anonymity of the voting booth.) Replace the government-funded
Primary Elections with a General Election in which each elected
position having 4 or fewer candidates is decided by RCVwE on the
first round. Note that this will encourage people who now skip
Primary elections but vote in the General Elections to show up
for every election. Each government-funded election round will
list all qualifying candidates, regardless of party. With 4 or
fewer candidates for a position, the winner is determined in the
first round by RCVwE. If a position has more than 4 candidates
and no candidate receives 50% + 1 of the first-choice votes.,
the four candidates with the largest totals after counting the
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-choice votes compete in a subsequent
second round election. (This whittles the field down so that
voters can, if they desire, reasonably research each candidate
prior to voting). The second round, if necessary, is also
decided by RCVwE. Note the possibility that a candidate might
win outright in the first round, once again encouraging voters
to show up and vote even if there is a large field of choices.
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local book store.
2) Work to improve slander and libel laws to criminalize
intentional lying in political elections.
If the courts push
back, work
Democratic National Committee towards a constitutional amendment. Be careful to
distinguish between Opinion and out-right lying. You should be
able to say anything you want if it is clearly labeled as an
opinion. In fact, this law should apply to all public discourse,
not just politics. But the penalties should be very severe in
the cases of political lies. Unidentified sources can be used
only if the person making the public statement clearly
identifies that the statement is Opinion. The FBI and local law
authorities should be able to investigate people who make
repeated unverified claims based on anonymous sources if
subsequent facts show a frequent pattern that the claims are
false. The (severe) penalty for intentional lying could be
applied if the investigation proves these facts to a jury in
court.
3) Work to clarify Citizens United by requiring no
anonymous money in any political discourse.
If the courts
won't support this, work towards a Constitutional Amendment.
Don't try to reverse Citizens United, since Money, like Nature,
will always find a way. But a Constitutional Amendment declaring
that no organization, group, or business has the rights of a
person would be a PARTIAL fix.
This
Democratic National Committee next section
addresses fundamental separation-of-powers issues which are
important, but are much easier to fix if the previous issues are
addressed first:
Work toward a Constitutional Amendment
specifying and detailing Legislative Oversight rights of the
Congress and responsibilities of the Executive branches. 1)
ADVICE given by any person to anyone performing an Executive
function is protected. 2) Matters pertaining directly to
National Security are protected from public release, but a
review process by the Legislative branch can declassify or
down-classify any material for which the Executive claims
National Security protection. The review process must require a
super-super-majority of the reviewers to agree with the claimed
security level, else the material is automatically
down-classified to the highest level on which agreement can be
attained. The reviewers must be made up of at least 12 persons,
6 from the Senate and 6 from the House, and to ensure
bi-partisan makeup, in the Senate each Senator shall vote for 1
of the 6 Senate reviewers with the top 6 nominees being
selected; similarly for the 6 House representatives. The
super-super-majority must be a large enough portion of the
entire review body to ensure that partisanship cannot overwhelm
a minority view. Say, 9 out of 12 members, for example. Other
than ADVICE and approved claims of National Security, the
Executive has no right to withhold oversight of documents or
testimony from any legislative branch committee seeking
information at any time. Unless a longer time frame is mutually
agreed between the Executive Branch and the requesting
legislative body, documents and witnesses must be produced
within 2 calendar weeks. Witnesses subpoenaed by such a
committee or branch must appear and answer any questions which
are not covered by an asserted claim of Executive Privilege, and
the assertion can only come from the Executive branch itself
(not the witness). If a witness is unsure of whether or not
privilege is asserted or thinks the Executive might want to
assert that privilege, temporary privilege may be asserted but
must be confirmed or rejected by the Executive within 24 hours,
else it is automatically rejected. Questions pertaining to
issues of fact rather than advice may not be protected by
Executive Privilege. Advice must be clearly defined in the
amendment. It should be limited to recommended actions;
statements by the speaker of this is what I think the facts
are would not be protected by Executive Privilege. The penalty
for refusing to appear or answer when required should be severe,
written into the Constitution, and not subject to Presidential
Pardon. Of course, an answer asserting 5th amendment rights is
always permissible. And of course, the public is always free to
assume such an assertion means something criminal needs to be
investigated.
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