Michelle Obama would be solid. But I don't think she wants or needs it.

Think the Democrats already tried running the former president's wife before. Did not work out so well. While I guess it no longer matters she has zero political experience.

The problem is that the Democratic Establishment refuses to acknowledge that we have been living in an era of populist revolt--spawned by the failure of neoliberal economic policies--since 2008. Obama's first presidential campaign was imbued with populist rhetoric, but Obama largely abandoned a populist vision upon being elected. His half-assed attempts at financial reform both failed to address the fundamental issues of economic inequality and underemployment that have plagued American society since the Clinton administration and maintained neoliberal hegemony. Obama's refusal to challenge the central pillars of neoliberalism exacerbated populist anger and paved the way for the ascendance of Donald Trump, who shrewdly recognized the political opportunity created by Obama's cowardice. Trump's disingenuous, faux populism has triumphed only because the Democratic party has yet to acknowledge its ideological folly of the last three decades and return to a politics by and for "the people".

I would counter that she has more experience than the current place holder.

It's why I said while I guess it no longer matters. I would hate it if we started this trend where the spouse of the former President should now become the president because.. they are known? It's an extension of our celebrity obsessed culture rather than looking into platforms, ideas or philosophies.