Democratic candidates already are lining up for the 2020 presidential race, but former first lady Michelle Obama insisted Tuesday she's not going to be on that list, and she doesn't have any favorites yet.
"Where I am is that right now, we should see anybody who feels the passion to get in this race," Obama told Robin Roberts of ABC's "Good Morning America" in a live interview from Chicago to promote her new book, "Becoming."
" I think that the process will play itself out."
That also includes Hillary Clinton, said Obama, as she at this point thinks "everybody is qualified and everybody should run.
"I might even tap Sasha," Obama joked to Roberts about her youngest daughter. " Sasha, you got some free time. I think you'd do a great job."
She said she hasn't yet been paying attention and looking at potential candidates, as she still thinks there's a "lot of noise and a lot of talk. It's still pretty early, I think."
Obama added that she hopes the candidates will treat each other with respect, and that's what she'll be watching for.
About her book, Obama said it doesn't really reveal anything that people who really know her don't already know, but she does hope that it inspires readers to tell their own stories.
"All of our stories matter," she said. "A lot of us think, by us, women, underrepresented folks...we feel somehow that our stories don't matter and that's because we hear so few stories. I want people to be as proud of their stories as I am of mine because I believe my story is a quintessential American story, as is all of our stories."
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