Michelle Obama may be thinking about running for senate in the state of California, according to rumors about the first family's plans after President Barack Obama leaves the White House.

Michele Obama Running For Senate?

Obama could run in 2018 for the Senate spot currently occupied by Dianne Feinstein, should Feinstein opt to not seek reelection, according to a report by Orbmagazine.com. Feinstein, 81, is not expected to seek another term, in part because Republicans may gain the majority of the upper chamber in next week's elections.

CNN's Candy Crowley asked Feinstein to weigh in on the speculation regarding the future of her sentate seat on State of the Union. "I cannot let you go, Senator, without asking about an article I read that posited that Michelle Obama would like to run for the Senate in California, and that she has her eye on your seat in 2018 because the feeling is that you may retire at that point," said Crowley. "And so I thought I’d get your reaction to that story."

Feinstein replied, "Oh, did you? Well, I have no idea what I’m going to be doing in 2018. That’s four years from now, and that’s one of the nice things of a six-year term. I’ve served two years of my term and you know, I’ll make a decision in due time. I’m flattered, if that should be true. Somehow I do not believe it is true, but I would be flattered if it were."

Why California?

While Obama grew his own political career in Chicago, it's thought to be unlikely that he and his family would return there after the end of his presidency – especially if his wife plans on launching her own political career. “Hawaii is too remote. Illinois is a cesspool of political corruption which they prefer to avoid, and New York, which they love, is too dense with Clintons and Clinton acolytes," reads the Orb article. "They have many friends in Los Angeles, dating back to Barack’s student days at Occidental College, when he first left Hawaii."

A source close to the Obamas stated, "Barack could golf year-round and Michelle could emerge from his shadow after 20 years and retake control of her own life… Remember, Michelle is a Harvard educated lawyer whose career was more robust than Barack’s when they met.”