The New York Times' Frank Bruni , saying he'd heard "a vague murmuring" about Michelle Obama running for the Senate from Illinois in 2016.
But , as , the first lady said she's "absolutely not" interested in a political career of her own. That's what .
Of course, another Democratic first lady 鈥� Hillary Rodham Clinton 鈥� that "when we got toward the end of the White House years, and people started asking me to run for the Senate 鈥� and very knowledgeable, politically sophisticated people 鈥� I said 'no, that's absurd, that's ridiculous, I'm not going to do that.' "
Clinton was elected to the Senate from New York State in 2000.
Michelle Obama is making the rounds of media outlets to talk about her latest project, a book called American Grown. , it's a diary of that garden through the seasons and a portrait of gardening in America, past and present.
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