The Democratic Party let out a collective gasp, last week, when President Joe Biden stumbled down a short flight of steps on his way to greet fellow world leaders gathered for the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. Biden was able to catch himself, but the moment was an excruciating reminder that the 80-year-old and the party’s 2024 hopes are one slip and fall away from catastrophe.

Hillary Clinton, ever lurking, could not resist throwing a political shove. Observing “The Stumble,” the two time presidential nominee intoned that “[Biden’s] age is an issue, and people have every right to consider it.” But before Clinton fires up the 2024 campaign engines, another former First Lady has party imaginations racing: Michelle Obama.

Former Clinton adviser Doug Schoen notes that Obama is the only Democrat with broad national appeal. The bestselling author has topped Gallup’s rankings of most admired women in America, three years in a row. Last seen dancing on stage with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, in Barcelona, Spain, and vacationing with Steven Spielberg, his wife, Kate Capshaw, and Tom and Rita Hanks, Obama appears to be living her best life — which may be why she says she will never return 1600 Pennsylvania. As she told the BBC, back in November, the question she hates most being asked is: “Are you going to run for president?” Her answer: a firm “no.”