The American individuals have, as soon as once more, dissatisfied former First Girl Michelle Obama. Just lately, Obama advised podcaster Alex Cooper that the nation is “not prepared” for a feminine president, however primarily based on CNN’s response on Wednesday’s Erin Burnett OutFront, CNN is prepared for Obama herself to be president.
Burnett reacted to Obama’s feedback with Harry Enten, who’s often CNN’s energetic polling information nerd. Nevertheless, for this explicit section, Burnett requested, “So, Harry. Okay. Are you able to show her flawed? I imply, what are the numbers say to Michelle Obama?”
CNN seems to leap onboard the Michelle Obama 2028 prepare with polling guru Harry Enten claiming, “Historians high first girl rankings Eleanor Roosevelt primary, Abigail Adams. We could not get an image of her. So, we went with the portray at quantity two. Michelle Obama at… pic.twitter.com/mpOWsjLyIb
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Enten declared that he couldn’t, “Nicely, I do not know if I might show her flawed, as a result of why do not we simply take a look at the heads of presidency in america in comparison with the remainder of the world, proper? Since 1946, we glance in america, there have been zero. That is zero, lower than one, remainder of the world has had 136, which is 136 greater than zero. So, no, I am unable to show her flawed. I do not know if the nation is prepared but or not, however I do know we’ve not finished it but.”
The duo then tied two particular person Democrats to all of feminine America with Burnett starting, “No, and there was the chance to do it, proper? In order” and Enten interrupting so as to add, “Sure. We have had Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, there you go.”
Burnett puzzled about Obama, “All proper. So, Michelle Obama, clearly, was extraordinarily well-liked when she was first girl. And all of us keep in mind, you already know, her followers wished her to run herself for president. So, what about now as she has taken on, she was very quiet alongside along with her husband for some time now, taking a distinct function. Podcasts, issues like that.”
Enten agreed, “Yeah. I’d inform you by way of well-liked figures on this nation, she’s the most well-liked.”
That’s as a result of most individuals don’t view her as a partisan politician, however that may change if she ever determined to run for workplace. Nonetheless, Enten then moved on to a survey from Sienna College, “However taking the lengthy historic arc, proper? Take a look at first girls and historians have ranked the primary girls over time. Take a look at this. Historians high first girl rankings Eleanor Roosevelt primary, Abigail Adams. We could not get an image of her. So, we went with the portray at quantity two. Michelle Obama at quantity three, after which Jackie Kennedy quantity 4. When you’re beating Jackie Kennedy on the primary girl rankings, you already know you are doing one thing proper. When it comes to the primary girls.”
Otherwise you simply have a sympathetic decide. In accordance with these historians, liberal heroes make up three of the highest 4 first girls ever. When you have been to increase the survey, Sienna put six Democrats within the high ten together with Hillary Clinton, three from the founding period, and just one Republican: liberal Betty Ford. Nancy Reagan positioned fifteenth and Melania Trump positioned lifeless final. The newest survey occurred earlier than Jill Biden turned first girl, however it’s not possible to think about this group rating her beneath Melania.
Even when Obama needs to run for president, she most likely wouldn’t get very far. Beginning your marketing campaign by attacking the voters’ character is often a assured technique to fail and no quantity of CNN spin can change that.
Here’s a transcript for the January 21 present:
CNN Erin Burnett OutFront
1/21/2026
7:57 PM ET
ERIN BURNETT: So, Harry. Okay. Are you able to show her flawed? I imply, what are the numbers say to Michelle Obama?
HARRY ENTEN: Nicely, I do not know if I might show her flawed, as a result of why do not we simply take a look at the heads of presidency in america in comparison with the remainder of the world, proper? Since 1946, we glance in america, there have been zero. That is zero, lower than one, remainder of the world has had 136, which is 136 greater than zero.
So, no, I am unable to show her flawed. I do not know if the nation is prepared but or not, however I do know we’ve not finished it but.
BURNETT: No, and there was the chance to do it, proper? In order –
ENTEN: Sure. We have had Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, there you go.
BURNETT: All proper. So, Michelle Obama, clearly, was extraordinarily well-liked when she was first girl.
ENTEN: Sure.
BURNETT: And all of us keep in mind, you already know, her followers wished her to run herself for president. So, what about now as she has taken on, she was very quiet alongside along with her husband for some time now, taking a distinct function. Podcasts, issues like that.
ENTEN: Yeah. I’d inform you by way of well-liked figures on this nation, she’s the most well-liked. However taking the lengthy historic arc, proper? Take a look at first girls and historians have ranked the primary girls over time. Take a look at this. Historians high first girl rankings: Eleanor Roosevelt, primary. Abigail Adams. We could not get an image of her. So, we went with the portray at quantity two. Michelle Obama at quantity three, after which Jackie Kennedy quantity 4. When you’re beating Jackie Kennedy on the primary girl rankings, you already know you are doing one thing proper. When it comes to the primary girls.”
When you’re beating Jackie Kennedy on the primary girl rankings, you already know you are doing one thing proper. When it comes to the primary girls.”
