Michelle Obama and the Historic 2008 Presidential Campaign
Michelle Obama's place in the historic 2008 presidential campaign as the wife of the first black nominee of a major party is groundbreaking. She's poised to possibly become the nation's first black First Lady, and may soon make her own history.
From working class girl to First Lady, Michelle Obama readily acknowledges her childhood experiences and family struggles influence who she is today.
An independent career woman, Michelle Obama is known as being outspoken and candid. Yet with the rise of her husband's political career - and his candidacy as the 2008 Democratic nominee for President of the United States - her words and actions are being scrutinized more than ever before.
A biography and profile of Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama.
While her husband Barack has been speaking out on personal responsibility in the black community, Michelle has been doing something similar, addressing female audiences on the topics of health care and personal change. An exceprt from her speech to the National Congress of Black Women in early 2008.
When asked to be a guest on ABC's "The View," Michelle Obama expressed that she'd rather be a guest host for a day. That day was June 18, 2008, and it gave her a chance to let viewers catch a more intimate glimpse of her.
Early on in the campaign, Michelle Obama's sense of fashion and style invited comparisons to the young Jackie Kennedy. Her secret? Chicago designer Maria Pinto, the woman who makes Michelle look good.
When the "New Yorker" depicted Barack and Michelle Obama on its cover in a satirical cartoon, many felt the magazine had gone too far. But by putting Michelle on the cover with her husband the candidate, the magazine also acknowledged her as an equal in this campaign year, and not just the candidate's wife.
Michelle gets personal in her discussion of her life as a working woman to promote her husband's Working Women & Families Blueprint.
