The Wookie demurs[NY Post] There is "no chance" former First Lady Michelle Obama will be Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate, according to a top Obama adviser and friend of the family.
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"The reason why I’m being so unequivocal is that there just simply has never been a time when she’s expressed an interest in running for office," Jarrett said.
"She’s not demurring here. She’s not being hard to get. She doesn’t want the job," she continued.
Biden has said on numerous occasions that he would love for the former first lady to be on the ticket with him, though always noting that it would never happen.
As recently as Monday, the Democratic nominee said to CBS Pittsburgh that he’d have her has his running mate "in a heartbeat. She’s brilliant, she knows the way around, she’s a really fine woman. The Obamas are great friends."
Regardless of whether Biden would take her, according to Jarrett, Obama is not interested.
"Of course he would take her. That’s not the question. The question is, is this the way in which she wants to continue her life of