I agree with everything you write. Alas.
And having read this book,
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112644423864089727, I can so much agree with this sentence:
"like them to have more experience doing the work of bringing together coalitions and keeping them together without sacrificing too much in order to find a working compromise."
This is what LBJ was a grand master of.
Yes, Michelle wouldn't work as POTUS as of today, but maybe as Veep.