Barack Obama: "2008 Will Be My Only Presidential Run"

December 29, 2007

At a rally in Williamsburg, Iowa Friday Barack Obama told the crowd that his wife Michelle thinks that he should not run for president again if in fact he fails in ’08.

“My wife and I were talking the other day. And she said ‘We’re not doing this again’. And those of you who met her know she doesn’t mince words,”

said Obama.

She meant that in eight years, I’m not sure we’ll be the same people we are now.”

In the new issue of Vanity Fair, Michelle Obama tells a reporter that when it comes to her husband’s White House bid,

it’s now or never.”

There is no way to tell whether these are really what Barack and his wife feel is only known to them. However I am willing to bet that these statements were nothing more then a crunch time push to come across as the ‘new and refreshing’ candidate. And if in fact Barack comes up short in ’08 I find it hard to believe that another run at the White House –when the opportunity arises– will be passed over by the young, and extremely intelligent Senator from Illinois no matter what his wife says.