Barbie For President: Doll Announces Bid For White House

Mattel says the doll will be available in stores from August, and come in four different races: Caucasian, Hispanic, African-American and Asian.

It's official. Barbie is running for president.

Representatives for the doll announced her candidacy on Thursday, according to the Daily News.

Dubbed "I Can Be ... President Barbie," Mattel created the new doll in partnership with The White House Project, a nonpartisan nonprofit that aims to involve more women in politics.

Sporting a pink power suit with patriotic red, white and blue lining on her ruffled jacket, the doll's outfit was designed by Chris Benz, who has also dressed First Lady Michelle Obama, according to Forbes.

Thanks to a pair of weighted platform shoes, the doll will also be able to stand upright on her own two feet for the first time in 53 years.

As for her political stance, Barbie fans will be invited to help shape her platform and message via Tumblr and Instagram pages that will launch Thursday.

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Comments

[Cindy Callas]

12:06 PM on 04/13/2012

I am worried, because everything I know about Barbie so far in my life seems like she might be a sorority girl Republican!

[pmacfarlane92]

11:30 AM on 04/10/2012

She's got my vote!! I want her outfit too! :p

[KDMac]

09:29 AM on 04/10/2012

I'd vote for her over any of the choices currently out there. She could do the least amount of damage.

[askskia]

05:26 AM on 04/09/2012

Well as a Barbie collector I'm less interested in her politics and more interested in the fact that she can stand up by herself! To me this says more than all the political rhetoric I'm sure will get added later.

[bynddrvn5]

10:53 PM on 04/08/2012

Bad Kitty for President!

[cuteliberalchick]

08:44 PM on 04/08/2012

Barbie is overrated so far. I see nothing special about her at all.Boycott and girlcott barbie.

[Dede Eagleburger]

10:16 AM on 04/09/2012

Barbie is awesome!!! what's a girlcott...

[cuteliberalchick]

01:59 AM on 04/10/2012

Get a humor and laugh a little. Girlcott is a new feminine word for boycott.

[bradenton]

10:55 AM on 04/08/2012

But can she cook?

[cuteliberalchick]

06:40 PM on 04/08/2012

She can I am sure.

[Venicelady]

09:04 AM on 04/08/2012

LOL! BARBIE for PRESIDENT???? Interesting.....

Though I can't help thinking that ONE of the Presidential candidates has a striking resemblance to the KEN doll, and exhibits those mannerisms, too- I'll bet you $10,000 if you can guess which candidate I'm referring to here......

[cuteliberalchick]

06:40 PM on 04/08/2012

Romney.

[CASnyder]

01:20 AM on 04/08/2012

Before I saw the article I thought it must be "architect" Barbie's idea of cool to paint the White House pink. Barbie may be more qualified than Palin or Bachmann, but that's not sayin' much. I think they both spent too much time playing with her when they were young, they are as good at waging war on women as any GOP man. The weighted platform shoes as a big innovation don't impress me - sounds as practical as a pair of concrete overshoes. Now when they give her feet that are in the relaxed neutral posture so she can wear comfortable flats or even work boots, that will be news- she'll be able to stand on her own even barefoot, instead of sprawling on her back. I need more than a clothes horse for my president, she has to be able to stand up to the GOP and multinational corps on behalf of the planet and the already born children who don't get a single vote or voice. And the only pink I can tolerate is CODEPINK - get in their faces ladies!

[GaryNOVA]

12:39 AM on 04/08/2012

Barbie has had a lot of work done. She's 53 years old, but her face doesn't even move anymore and it's starting to look plastic.

[Karma2U]

09:34 PM on 04/07/2012

I think Barbie is more suited to be a fox anchor.

[CunningStunts]

07:56 AM on 04/09/2012

I think Fox anchors are more suited to be Barbie.

[Dede Eagleburger]

10:17 AM on 04/09/2012

giggles, that's funny...!!

[pookie01nj]

04:41 PM on 04/07/2012

What happened to GI Joe?

[Ender Zickefoose]

09:46 AM on 04/20/2012

He was shot in Iraq "defending our freedom"

[pookie01nj]

01:47 PM on 04/20/2012

LOL! He must have been a General by then, I think he "served" in Vietnam.

[cleylol]

12:55 PM on 04/07/2012

I can dig it

[rdk70816]

11:52 AM on 04/07/2012

ABO.

[WyldCherry]

06:38 PM on 04/06/2012

Would Barbie be Republican or Democratic???

[pookie01nj]

04:40 PM on 04/07/2012

Who cares?

[Ender Zickefoose]

09:49 AM on 04/20/2012

She drives a pink Cadillac, lives in a Dream House, has countless siblings, has had a ton of expensive plastic surgery done, wears nothing but high heels, and has a vapid fixed expression, just like her perfectly shaped "boy friend." She's definitely a Daddy's Girl Rich Republican.