and made a contribution to her legacy. she has made herself front and center as most visible proponent of healthy lifestyles and education particularly for young girls around the world. she did it all with style and the indomitable grace exempla exemplified by the rallying force of politics, when they go low, we go high. back with me, our analysts. i will come to you with this fist question bause oprah asked the fir lady the number one question on all of their minds the first lady answered definitively in the oprah interview. would you ever run for office? no. i have to ask you. no kind of office? that s one thing i do. i don t make stuff up. i m not coy. i haven t proven that.
i have to ask it. no. no kind of office? no. look, that s one thing i don t do i don t make stuff up. i m not coy. i haven t proven that. i m pretty direct. if i were interested, i would say it. for more reaction from michelle obama s interview, let s bring in the hardball roundtable. basil smikle is a democratic strategist and katherine rampel is a opinion writer with the washington post. i get very wistful. what planet are the obamas from that they can all be so preternaturally calm and classy? what did you think of her response? i thought it was really disappointing that she said she wasn t going to run for office, after everyone on the political scene this year, her campaign speeches were incredible and had some of the most memorable takeaway lines in a way you may not remember a line from donald trump speeches or from hillary clinton but you do from president obama. wrong! snow, but, yeah, anyone that s
michele obama made history as the nation s first african-american first lady. with just weeks until she goes back to a somewhat private life mrs. obama is putting to rest any rumors and possible hopes she could one day return to the white house, only this time as president. would you ever run for office? no. no kind of office? no. look that s one thing i don t do. i don t make stuff up. i m not coy. i m pretty direct. if i was interested i would say it. i don t believe in playing games. it s not something i would do. but it also speaks to the fact that people don t really understand how hard this is. and it s not something that you cavalierly ask a family to do again. all right. let s talk about that and more. gillian is a princeton historian
setting the record straight she may make a run of other own for the white house. she sat down with oprah winfrey with the final interview as first lady. she enjoyed her time in office, but now is her time to bow out gracefully. would you ever run for office? no. no kind of office? no. that s one thing i don t do. i don t make stuff up. i m not coy. i m pretty direct. if i were interested in it, i would say it. i don t believe in playing games. it s not something i would do. the first lady said there is a lot of weight to becoming president. most people don t realize how hard the job of president is. in spite of her disappointment on election day, she is inspired by our future. 78 barrpardons and 173 commutations on monday.
none college white women who voted for donald trump over hillary clinton by a margin equal to ronald reagan over walter mondale. even if you want to say something like the comey letter was the tipping point, there were deeper structural problems in the clinton candidacy that allowed it to play that role. well stated, ron brown steen. when you point to any one thing without including others, it is not the exhausted explanation for what happened in this election. let s look forward to possible future elections, shall we, because the first lady of the united states, michelle obama, she sat down for an interview with oprah winfrey and discussed the question that a lot of democrats are asking right now. will she possibly one day, just maybe, run for office? listen. would you ever run for office, i have to ask it? no. no kind of office? no. look, that s one thing i don t do. i don t make stuff up. i m not coy. so the democratic party has not asked you to run for anything? no.