powerlineblog.com - 8/26/2008
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Beats me. She needed to say she loves America, to talk about our servicemen and to praise Hillary Clinton. She...
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Michelle: Our Word Is Our Bond???
California Conservative —
... UPDATE: It looks like I’m not alone in questioning Mrs. O’s authenticity. Here’s some of Powerline’s Paul Mirengoff musings: ...
Daily Blog Buzz: South Side Girl, All Dressed Up
Weekly Standard Blog —
... But Power Line's Paul Mirengoff wasn't convinced: "Plainly, Ms. Obama wishes to be viewed as an 'ordinary' American. To the extent that her real biography is known, or emerges over the course of the campaign, some voters may conclude she was a bit phony tonight." Michelle Malkin ...
8/26: Netroots To Dems: Get Nastier!
Blogometer —
... predicts that it will "eras[e] any doubts about her love of country." Conservative bloggers, naturally, are less kind. While most righty bloggers are praising Michelle's delivery, they're also calling the speech "a bit phony" and arguing that it obscured the fact that Michelle is really ...
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npr.org 8/26/2008 — NPR.org , August 25, 2008 In these prepared remarks provided by the campaign, Michelle Obama talks about her personal story of growing up on the South Side of Chicago and giving up a corporate law job for public service. She discusses her marriage ...
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Obama Watches Convention From Missouri —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 8/26/2008
Nick Timiraos reports on Michelle Obamas convention address from Kansas City, Mo.:
Barack Obama watched his wifes convention address from the home of Jim and Alicia Girardeau in Kansas City, Mo., before he appeared briefly via satellite ...
Michelle focuses on family, upbringing —
First Read 8/26/2008
From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones Michelle Obama kept it short tonight, laying out her husband’s goals for the future while speaking personally and sometimes emotionally about her parents, her daughters, and her relationship with the man who hopes to ...
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DENVER Aug. 25 -- After an emotional speech by an ailing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the face of the Democratic Party shifted on Monday night to a new generation of leaders, as Michelle Obama opened the Democratic National Convention with a tribute to her ...