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| name = Michelle Obama
| image = Michelle Obama-Cropped.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = Michelle Obama in 2007
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|1|17}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
| education = [[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]]<ref name=AB>{{cite web|accessdate=2008-08-23
|url=http://www.princeton.edu/pr/catalog/ua/06/013.htm
|title=The A.B. Degree
|work=The Undergraduate Program
|publisher=Princeton University}} [[Princeton University|Princeton]]'s [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree is referred to as an A.B. degree &mdash; from the Latin ''Artium Baccalaureus''.</ref> in [[sociology]], ''[[latin honors|cum laude]]'';
[[Juris Doctor|J.D.]]
| alma_mater = [[Princeton University]], [[Harvard Law School]]
| occupation = Lawyer
| residence = Chicago, Illinois
| spouse = [[Barack Obama]] (m. 1992)
| children = [[Malia Obama|Malia Ann]] and [[Sasha Obama|Sasha]]
| parents = [[Fraser Robinson]] and [[Marian Robinson]]
| religion = Protestant (UCC)
| nationality = American
}}
'''Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama''' (born January 17, 1964) is an [[United States|American]] [[lawyer]] and the wife of [[Illinois]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Barack Obama]], the 2008 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee for [[President of the United States|President]]. She was born and grew up on the [[South Side (Chicago)|South Side]] of [[Chicago]] and graduated from [[Princeton University]] and [[Harvard Law School]]. After completing her formal education, she returned to Chicago and went to work for the law firm [[Sidley Austin]], on the staff of the [[Mayor of Chicago]] [[Richard M. Daley]], and for the [[University of Chicago]] and the [[University of Chicago Medical Center|University of Chicago Hospitals]].


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Michelle Obama is the sister of [[Craig Robinson (basketball coach)|Craig Robinson]], men's basketball coach at [[Oregon State University]]. She is highly regarded for her style, demeanor, and fashion sense. She has made several appearances on various best-dressed lists and draws frequent comparisons to [[Jacqueline Kennedy]] and [[Barbara Bush]].


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She met Barack when he went to work for Sidley Austin. The Obamas live on Chicago's South Side, choosing to remain there rather than moving to [[Washington, D.C.]]
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==Family and education==
'''Delete''' Non-notable collection of houses - see talk page. [[User:Ben MacDui|<font color="#6495ED">Ben</font>]] [[User talk:Ben MacDui|<font color="#C154C1">Mac</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Ben MacDui|<font color="#228B22">Dui</font>]] 07:47, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
Michelle Robinson was born on January 17, 1964, in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] to [[Fraser Robinson]] (who died in 1991),<ref name=MOMtBOD2008C>{{cite web | accessdate=2008-01-22
*<small>'''Note''': This debate has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Scotland|list of Scotland-related deletion discussions]]. </small><small>—[[User:Ben MacDui|<font color="#6495ED">Ben</font>]] [[User talk:Ben MacDui|<font color="#C154C1">Mac</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Ben MacDui|<font color="#228B22">Dui</font>]] 07:54, 8 October 2008 (UTC)</small>
|url=http://usliberals.about.com/od/2008presidentialracehub/ig/2008-Candidates--Spouses/Profile-of-Michelle-Obama.htm |title=Michelle Obama, Married to Barack Obama, Democratic 2008 Candidate
| publisher=About.com
| work=U.S. liberal politics
| author=White, Deborah
}}</ref> a city water plant employee and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[precinct captain]], and [[Marian Robinson]], a secretary at [[Spiegel (catalog)|Spiegel's catalog store]].<ref name="womanbehind">{{cite news|accessdate=2008-01-22
|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/221458,CST-NWS-mich21.article
|title=The woman behind Obama
|author=Rossi, Rosalind
|work='Chicago Sun-Times
|date=January 20, 2007}}</ref> She grew up in the [[South Shore, Chicago|South Shore]] [[Community areas of Chicago|community area]] of Chicago,<ref name="womanbehind"/><ref name=NY052404>{{cite news | accessdate=2008-01-22
|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/05/31/040531fa_fact1
|author=Finnegan, William
|title=The Candidate: How the Son of a Kenyan Economist Became an Illinois Everyman
|date=May 31, 2004}}</ref> and was raised in a conventional two-parent home.<ref name=FLIW/> The family ate meals together and also entertained together as a family by playing games such as [[Monopoly (board game)|Monopoly]] and by reading.<ref name=MOSS/> She and her brother, [[Craig Robinson (basketball coach)|Craig]] (who is 16 months older), skipped the second grade. Michelle mostly traces her roots to pre-[[American Revolution|Revolutionary War]] African Americans in the [[Southern United States|American South]]; much of her family still resides in the state of [[South Carolina]].<ref name=BBC>
{{cite news|accessdate=|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7470764.stm|work=BBC News |title=Michelle: Barack's bitter or better half?|author=Levinson, Molly|date=June 4, 2008}}</ref><ref name=NPR>{{cite web|accessdate= |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11831859 |title=Spouses on the Campaign Trail: Michelle Obama Sees Election as Test for America |author=Norris, Michele|work=All Things Considered|date=July 9, 2007| publisher=NPR}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/10/01/ST2008100103245.html?sid=ST2008100103245|title=A Family Tree Rooted In American Soil|date=2008-10-02|accessdate=2008-10-02|author=Shailagh Murray|publisher=''[[The Washington Post]]''}}</ref> Michelle attended [[Whitney Young High School]], where she was on the honor roll four years, took advanced placement classes, was a member of the National Honor Society and served as student council treasurer.<ref name="womanbehind"/> She was a high school classmate of Santita Jackson, the daughter of [[Jesse Jackson]] and sister of [[Jesse Jackson, Jr.]]<ref name=MOSS>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1835686,00.html|title=Michelle Obama's Savvy Sacrifice|accessdate=2008-10-12|date=2008-08-25|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|author=Newton-Small, Jay}}</ref> She graduated from High School in 1981,<ref name=West>
{{cite web |accessdate=
|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/women/chi-0408310383sep01,1,6548880.story?coll=chi-homepagenews-utl
|title=Her Plan Went Awry, but Michelle Obama Doesn't Mind
|work=Chicago Tribune
|date=September 1, 2004
}}</ref> and went on to major in [[sociology]] and minor in [[African American studies]] at Princeton University, where she graduated ''[[latin honors|cum laude]]'' with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1985.<ref name="womanbehind"/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2008-05-18
|url=http://www.princeton.edu/main/academics/departments/
|title=Academic Departments & Programs
|publisher=The Trustees of Princeton University
|year=2008}}</ref>


: If [[Harlosh]] existed, and even if it isn't a great metropolis, at least it gets mentioned in print ({{find sources|Harlosh}}) I'd suggest redirecting there. Or [[Vatten]] ({{find sources|Vatten Skye}}) would be a possible target, but again no luck. Delete I think. [[User:Angusmclellan|Angus McLellan]] [[User talk:Angusmclellan|(Talk)]] 11:24, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
At Princeton, she challenged the teaching methodology for [[French language|French]] because she felt that it should be more conversational.<ref name=FWtWMO/> As part of her requirements for graduation, she wrote a thesis entitled, "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community."<ref>{{cite web
*'''Delete.''' There is a school of thought which says that all geographic places that actually exist are notable. This one is hard to get details on, and I'd as soon be rid of it. I may have caused some of the trouble myself, when I renamed the article Altvaid->Altavaid. I did once find a government map where it was spelled 'Altavaid.' However, Google is much more familiar with Altvaid than Altavaid, so it's probably not worth sorting out the enigma. I might change my vote if better sources are found. [[User:EdJohnston|EdJohnston]] ([[User talk:EdJohnston|talk]]) 13:49, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8642.html
|title=Michelle Obama thesis was on racial divide
|accessdate=2008-04-19
|date=February 22, 2008
|publisher=Capitol News Company LLC
|work=Politico
|author=Ressner, Jeffrey}}</ref> She obtained her [[Juris Doctor]] ([[J.D.]]) degree from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1988.<ref name=Princetonian>{{cite web
|author=Brown, Sarah
|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/12/07/news/14049.shtml
|title= Obama '85 Masters Balancing Act
|work=Daily Princetonian
|date=December 7, 2005}}</ref> While at Harvard, she participated in political demonstrations advocating the hiring of professors who are members of minorities.<ref name=Newsweek20080225>
{{cite web|accessdate=
|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/112849
|title= Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 &mdash; Who Is Michelle Obama?
|last=Wolffe |first=Richard
|work=Newsweek
|date=February 25, 2008}}</ref>


*'''Comment''' - better to have these pages as redirects than nothing at all. --[[User:MacRusgail|MacRusgail]] ([[User talk:MacRusgail|talk]]) 20:15, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
[[Image:Barack Michelle.jpg|thumb|left|[[Barack Obama|Barack]] and Michelle Obama.]]


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She met Barack Obama when they were the only two African Americans at their law firm and she was assigned to mentor him while he was a summer associate.<ref name=MOCT>{{cite web |accessdate=2008-02-12
|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/10/AR2007051002573_2.html
|title=Michelle Obama's Career Timeout
|author=Kornblut, Anne E.
|date=May 11, 2007
|work=[[Washington Post]]
}}</ref> Their relationship started with a business lunch and then a [[community organization]] meeting where he first impressed her.<ref name=MOHSMOMF/> The couple's first date was to the [[Spike Lee]] movie ''[[Do the Right Thing]]''.<ref name=imdb>
{{cite web|accessdate=2008-02-15
|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2349292/bio
|title=Biography for Michelle Obama
|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.}}</ref> The couple married in October 1992,<ref name=MOHSMOMF>{{cite news
|first=Scott | last=Fornek
|title=Michelle Obama: 'He Swept Me Off My Feet'
|work=Chicago Sun-Times
|date=October 3, 2007
|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/585261,CST-NWS-wedding03.stng
| accessdate=2007-12-02}}</ref> and they have two daughters, [[Malia Ann Obama|Malia Ann]] (born 1998) and [[Natasha Obama|Natasha]] (known as Sasha) (born 2001).<ref name=Newsweek2007>
{{cite web|accessdate=
|title=Ground Support
|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/70165?tid=relatedcl
|work=Newsweek
|date=January 29, 2007}}</ref> Throughout [[Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008|her husband's 2008 campaign]] for [[President of the United States]], she has made a "commitment to be away overnight only once a week — to campaign only two days a week and be home by the end of the second day" for their two children.<ref name=PasadenaWeekly>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/mother_wife_superstar/6037/
|title=Mother, wife, superstar
|date=June 5, 2008
|work=Pasadena Weekly}}</ref>

She once requested that Barack, who was then her [[engagement|fiancé]], meet her prospective boss, [[Valerie Jarrett]], when considering her first career move.<ref name=FLIW/> Now, Jarrett is one of her husband’s closest advisors.<ref name=MOIGaLM/><ref name=MOSHR/> Early in the presidential race, Michelle Obama did not portray herself as an advisor to her husband. In fact, she was quoted in interviews saying "My job is not a senior adviser."<ref name=MOpuric/>
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The marital relationship has had its ebbs and flows according to public account. Barack recalled that their first kiss tasted like [[chocolate]]. However, the combination of as an evolving family life and beginning political career led to many arguments about balancing work and family. In fact, he wrote in his second book, ''[[The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream]]'', that "Tired and stressed, we had little time for conversation, much less romance". Now, in addition to the conflict of work and family, Michelle has to deal with the [[celebrity]] issues of "being married to a man some adore as a political superstar." according to an appearance on the October 3, 2006 ''[[Oprah Winfrey Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:tdWrUp8FcQcJ:findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20061019/ai_n16806999%3Flstpn%3Darticle_results%26lstpc%3Dsearch%26lstpr%3Dexternal%26lstprs%3Dother%26lstwid%3D1%26lstwn%3Dsearch_results%26lstwp%3Dbody_middle+2006+%22michelle+obama%22+herrmann&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=ca&client=firefox-a|title= Fame puts squeeze on family life: Many hurdles as Obamas seek|accessdate=2008-02-15|date=2006-10-19|publisher=FindArticles|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|author=Herrmann, Andrew}}</ref>-->

==Career==
Following law school, she was an associate at the Chicago office of the law firm Sidley Austin, where she first met her husband. At the firm, she worked on [[marketing]] and [[intellectual property]].<ref name="womanbehind" /> Subsequently, she held [[public sector]] positions in the Chicago city government as an Assistant to the [[Mayor of Chicago|Mayor]], and as Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development. In 1993, she became Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies, a [[non-profit organization]] encouraging young people to work on social issues in nonprofit groups and government agencies.<ref name=West /> She worked there nearly four years and set [[fundraising]] records for the organization that still stood a dozen years after she left.<ref name=MOSS/>

In 1996, Obama served as the Associate Dean of Student Services at the [[University of Chicago]], where she developed the University's Community Service Center.<ref name=UCChron96>{{cite journal |accessdate=
|journal=University of Chicago Chronicle
|url=http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/960606/obama.shtml
|title=Obama named first Associate Dean of Student Services
|date=June 6, 1996
|volume=15|issue=19}}</ref> In 2002, she began working for the University of Chicago Hospitals, first as executive director for community affairs and, beginning May, 2005, as Vice President for Community and External Affairs.<ref name=UChicago2005>{{cite press release
|url=http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2005/20050509-obama.html
|publisher=University of Chicago Medical Center
|title=Michelle Obama appointed vice president for community and external affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals
|date=May 9, 2005}}</ref> She still holds the position, though she is working part time in order to devote more time to being a mother.<ref name=ABCNews20080124>{{cite news|accessdate=
|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4179656&page=1
|work=ABC News
|title=Michelle Obama: Mom First, Politics Second
|author=Snow, Kate
|date=January 24, 2008
}}</ref>

With the ascent of her husband as a prominent national politician, she has become a part of [[popular culture|pop culture]]. In May 2006, ''[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]'' magazine listed her among "25 of the World's Most Inspiring Women."<ref name=Essence2006>{{cite web |accessdate=|url=http://www.essence.com/essence/photogallery/0,14168,1182062-4,00.html|title=25 of the World’s Most Inspiring Women|work=[[Essence]]|month=May | year=2006}}</ref> In July 2007, ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' magazine listed her among "10 of the World's Best Dressed People." In September 2007, ''[[02138]]'' magazine listed her 58th of "The Harvard 100," a list of the prior year's most influential [[:Category:Harvard University alumni|Harvard alumni]]. Her husband was ranked fourth.<ref name=Top100>{{cite web|accessdate=|url=http://www.02138mag.com/magazine/article/1481.html|title= The Harvard 100|work=[[02138]]|month=September | year=2007}}</ref> In July 2008, she made a repeat appearance on the ''Vanity Fair'' international best dressed list.<ref name=MOmraotVFibdl>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25939033/|title=Michelle Obama makes best-dressed list: For the second year in a row, Obama's style puts her on Vanity Fair's list|accessdate=2008-10-13|date=2008-07-30|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|work=[[msnbc.com]]|author=}}</ref> She also appeared on the 2008 ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' list of best-dressed women and was praised by the magazine for her "classic and confident" look.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080917/people_nm/bestdressed_dc|title=Fergie, Michelle Obama top People's best-dressed list |accessdate=2008-10-13|date=2008-09-17|publisher=[[Reuters Limited]]/[[Yahoo!]]|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|author=Tourtellotte, Bob}}</ref> Some sources compare her to [[Jacqueline Kennedy]] due to her sleek but not overdone style,<ref name=MOmraotVFibdl/> and other sources such as the ''[[New York Times]]'' compare her to [[Barbara Bush]] as well not only for her fashion sense, but also for her demeanor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/fashion/08michelle.html?|title=She Dresses to Win |accessdate=2008-10-13|date=2008-06-08|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Trebay, Guy}}</ref>

She served as a salaried board member of [[TreeHouse Foods, Inc.]] ({{nyse2|THS}}),<ref name=TreeHouse>{{cite web|accessdate=
|url=http://www.treehousefoods.com/bio_michelle_obama.html
|title=Board of Directors: Michelle Obama
|publisher=TreeHouse Foods}}</ref> a major [[Wal-Mart]] supplier with whom she cut ties immediately after her husband made comments critical of Wal-Mart at an [[AFL-CIO]] forum in {{city-state|Trenton|New Jersey}}, on May 14, 2007.<ref name=SunTimesBlog200705>{{cite web |accessdate=
|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/05/sweet_column_michelle_obama_qu.html
|title=Sweet Column: Michelle Obama Quits Board of Wal-Mart Supplier
|author=Sweet, Lynn
|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]
|date=May 22, 2007}}</ref> She serves on the board of directors of the [[Chicago Council on Global Affairs]].<ref name=ChicagoCouncil>{{cite web
|accessdate=
|url=http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/chicago_council_board_directors.php
|title=Directors
|publisher=Chicago Council on Global Affairs}}</ref>

According to the couple’s 2006 [[Tax return (United States)|income tax return]], Michelle's salary was $273,618 from the University of Chicago Hospitals, while he had a salary of $157,082 from the [[United States Senate]]. The total Obama income, however, was $991,296 including $51,200 she earned as a member of the [[board of directors]] of TreeHouse Foods, plus investments and royalties from his books.<ref name=MOChw>{{cite web |accessdate=2008-02-12
|url= http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2007-05-10-michelle-obama_N.htm
|title= Michelle Obama: Campaigning her way
|date=May 12, 2007
|work=[[USA Today]]
|author=Keen, Judy}}</ref>

Obama has accepted the invitation of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] Sorority, Incorporated to become an honorary member.<ref name=Essensce>
{{cite web|accessdate=2008-07-15
|author=Wilson, Wendy L.
|url=http://www.essence.com/essence/lifestyle/voices/0,16109,1822967,00.html
|title=Michelle Obama is to be inducted as an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
|work=Essence}}</ref>

{{double image|right|Oprah_Winfrey_with_Barack_and_Michelle_Obama.jpg|90|Michelle,_Oprah_Winfrey_and_Barack_Obama.jpg|202|[[Oprah Winfrey]] joins the Obamas on the campaign trail, December 10, 2007.}}

==Political activities==
===Campaigning for Barack Obama===
Although Michelle Obama has campaigned on her husband's behalf since early in his political career by handshaking and fund-raising, she did not relish in the activity at first. While campaigning during [[Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama#Campaign for Bobby Rush's congressional seat|Barack Obama's 2000 run]] for [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], her boss at the University of Chicago asked if there was any single thing about campaigning that she enjoyed; after some thought, she replied visiting so many [[living room]]s had given her some new [[Interior decoration|decorating]] ideas.<ref name="NYT0825">[[Jodi Kantor|Kantor, Jodi]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/us/politics/26michelle.html?scp=2&sq=Michelle%20Obama&st=cse "Michelle Obama, Reluctant No More."]. ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 25, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-08-27.</ref>

In May 2007, three months after her husband declared his presidential candidacy, she reduced her professional responsibilities by eighty percent to support his presidential campaign.<ref name=FLIW>{{cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/12/michelle_obama200712|title=First Lady in Waiting|publisher=CondéNet|work=[[Vanity Fair]]|accessdate=2008-02-12|date=2007-12-27|author=Bennetts, Lisa}}</ref> Early in the campaign, she had limited involvement in which she traveled to political events only two days a week and stayed away from home nights only if their daughters could come along.<ref name=MOMtBOD2008C/> In early February 2008, she attended thirty-three events in eight days.<ref name=MOSHR/> Obama has made at least two campaign appearances with [[Oprah Winfrey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/07/MNC8UT9LM.DTL|title=Millions of cell calls for Clinton Big effort to contact list of likely backers gave her the state|publisher=The San Francisco Chronicle|work=[[The San Francisco Chronicle]]|accessdate=2008-02-15|date=2008-02-07|author=Marinucci, Carla; Wildermuth, John; Chronicle Political Writers}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/09/MNHJTQUPT.DTL|title=Oprah Winfrey, 'out of my pew,' rallies supporters of Sen. Obama Chelsea Clinton joins her mother in Iowa campaign|publisher=The San Francisco Chronicle|work=[[The San Francisco Chronicle]]|accessdate=2008-02-15|date=2007-12-09|author=Kornblut, Anne E. & Murray, Shailagh}}</ref>

[[Image:Michelleobama.JPG|left|thumb|Michelle Obama speaking at a campaign event in Plymouth, NH]]
In 2007, Michelle gave political [[stump speech (politics)|stump speeches]] for her husband's presidential campaign at various locations in the United States. Jennifer Hunter of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' wrote about one speech of hers in [[Iowa]], "Michelle was a firebrand, expressing a determined passion for her husband's campaign, talking straight from the heart with eloquence and intelligence."<ref name="Hunter">{{cite news | url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/hunter/518408,CST-NWS-hunter21.article | title=Michelle gets stronger all the time | author=Jennifer Hunter | publisher=CHICAGO SUN-TIMES | date=2007-08-21 | accessdate=2008-02-14}}</ref> She employs an all-female staff of [[assistant|aides]] for her political role.<ref name=MOSHR>{{cite web|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120269904120358135.html|title=Michelle Obama Solidifies Her Role|accessdate=2008-02-12|date=2008-02-11|author=Langley, Monica|publisher=[[Dow Jones & Company|Dow Jones & Company, Inc.]]|work=[[Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> She says that she negotiated an agreement in which her husband gave up smoking in exchange for her support as a Presidential aspirant.<ref name=MOoCF>{{cite web|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120248883340754123.html|title=Michelle Obama on Campaign, Family|accessdate=2008-02-12|date=2008-02-11|publisher=[[Dow Jones & Company|Dow Jones & Company, Inc.]]|work=[[Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> About her role in her husband's presidential campaign she has said: "My job is not a senior adviser."<ref name=MOIGaLM>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3199620|title=Michelle Obama: 'I've Got a Loud Mouth'|accessdate=2008-02-12|date=2007-05-22|publisher=ABCNews Internet Ventures|author=[[Robin Roberts]]}}</ref><ref name=MOpuric/><ref>{{cite web|url=
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/05/22/news/iowa/819e27c77eaa19fc862572e30012e0d4.txt|title=Michelle Obama: I'm his wife, not adviser|accessdate=2008-04-03|date=2007-05-22|publisher=Sioux City Journal}}</ref> During the campaign, she has discussed race and education by using motherhood as a framework.<ref name=FWtWMO>{{cite news|title=Focus: Women to Watch: Michelle Obama|author=Klein, Sarah A.|date=2008-05-05|publisher=[[Crain Communications, Inc.]]|work=ChicagoBusiness|page=29}}</ref>

This is her first election year on the national political scene and even before the field of [[United States Democratic presidential candidates, 2008|Democratic candidates]] was narrowed to two she was considered the least famous of the candidates' [[marriage|spouses]].<ref name=MOpuric>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20041755/|title=Michelle Obama plays unique role in campaign|accessdate=2008-02-12|date=2007-07-30|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|work=[[MSNBC]]|author=Zakin, Carly}}</ref> Early in the campaign, she exhibited her ironic humor and told anecdotes about the Obama family life. However, as the press began to emphasize her sarcasm, which did not translate well in the print media, she has toned it down.<ref name=MOoCF/><ref name=MOChw /> In a press account of her sarcasm, ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[editorial|op-ed]] [[columnist]] [[Maureen Dowd]] said: “I wince a bit when Michelle Obama chides her husband as a mere mortal — comic routine that rests on the presumption that we see him as a god ... But it may not be smart politics to mock him in a way that turns him from the glam [[John F. Kennedy|JFK]] into the mundane [[Gerald Ford]], toasting his own English muffin. If all Senator Obama is peddling is the [[Camelot]] mystique, why debunk this mystique?”<ref name=MOpuric/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://select.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/opinion/25dowd.html?scp=7&sq=Michelle+Obama+Dowd&st=nyt|title=She’s Not Buttering Him Up|accessdate=2008-02-12|date=2007-04-25|author=Dowd, Maureen|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|work=[[New York Times]]}}</ref>

Asked in February 2008 whether she could see herself "working to support" Hillary Clinton if she got the nomination, Michelle said "I'd have to think about that. I'd have to think about policies, her approach, her tone." When questioned about this by the interviewer, however, she stated "You know, everyone in this party is going to work hard for whoever the nominee is."<ref name="Salon">{{cite news | url=http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/04/michelle_obama/ | title=War Room: If Clinton gets the nomination, would Michelle Obama support her? | author=Alex Koppelman | publisher=Salon.com | date=2008-02-04 | accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref>

[[Image:Obamas and Bidens.jpg|thumb|The Obamas, with [[Joe Biden|Joe]] and [[Jill Biden]] at the August 23, 2008 Vice Presidential announcement in {{city-state|Springfield|Illinois}}.]]
Despite her criticisms of Clinton during the 2008 campaign, when asked in 2004 which political spouse she admired, Obama cited Hillary Clinton, stating, "She is smart and gracious and everything she appears to be in public — someone who's managed to raise what appears to be a solid, grounded child."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2004/First-Lady-in-Waiting/ | title=First Lady in waiting | author=Karen Springen | publisher=''Chicago Magazine'' | date=October 2004 | accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref>

===Criticism for "For the first time in my life" comments===
On February 18, 2008, Obama commented in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] that "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback." Later that evening she reworded her stump speech in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], saying "For the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country, and not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change."<ref name="abcnews.com">
{{cite news
| url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/michelle-obam-1.html
| title=Michelle Obama: "For the First Time in My Adult Lifetime, I'm Really Proud of My Country"
| author=Jake Tapper, Jake
| work=Political Punch
| publisher=abcnews.com
| date=2008-02-18
| accessdate=2008-02-18
}}</ref> Several commentators criticized her for her remarks,<ref name="abcnews.com" /><ref name="nbc4.com">
{{cite news
| url=http://www.nbc4.com/politics/15345991/detail.html
| title=Candidates' Wives Trade Remarks About Love Of Country
| publisher=nbc4.com
| date=2008-02-19
| accessdate=2008-02-19
}}</ref><ref name="Chicago Sun Times">
{{cite news
| url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/805430,michelle21.article
| title=Michelle Obama Explains Pride Remark
| author=Associated Press
| publisher=Chicago Sun Times
| date=2008-02-20
| accessdate=2008-02-20
}}</ref><ref name="CNN">
{{cite news
| url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/19/feb19.contests/index.html
| title=Obama, McCain extend winning streaks
| publisher=CNN.com
| date=2008-02-19
| accessdate=2008-02-19
}}</ref><ref name="NY Times Opinion">
{{cite news
| url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/prouder-than-thou/?ref=opinion
| title=Prouder Than Thou
| author=Harshaw, Tobin
| publisher=New York Times
| date=2008-02-19
| accessdate=2008-02-19
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web |url=http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/02/19/scarborough-wont-smile-mikas-michelle-obama-defense
| title= "Scarborough Won't Smile at Mika's Michelle Obama Defense"
| author=Finkelstein, Mark
| work=News Busters
| date=2008-02-19
| accessdate=2008-02-19
}}</ref> and the campaign issued a statement that "anyone who heard her remarks ... would understand that she was commenting on our politics".<ref name="The Page">
{{cite news
|url=http://thepage.time.com/obama%E2%80%99s-chief-strategist-david-axelrod-on-michelle-obama%E2%80%99s-remarks/
| title="Obama's Chief Strategist David Axelrod on Michelle Obama's Remarks"
| author=Halperin, Mark
| work=TIME
| date=2008-02-20
| accessdate=2008-02-20
}}</ref> In June 2008 [[Laura Bush]] indicated she thought Michelle Obama's words had been misrepresented in the media "I think she probably meant I'm 'more proud,' you know, is what she really meant," adding, "I mean, I know that, and that's one of the things you learn and that's one of the really difficult parts both of running for president and for being the spouse of the president, and that is, everything you say is looked at and in many cases misconstrued."<ref name="08junehuffpost">
{{cite web
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/09/laura-bush-defends-michel_n_106019.html
|title="Laura Bush Defends Michelle Obama Against Patriotism Attack"
| work=The Huffington Post
| date=2008-06-09
| accessdate=2008-06-09}}</ref>

Throughout the campaign, the media have often labeled Obama as an "angry black woman,"<ref name=AAMOLfaNI>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/us/politics/18michelle.html?|title=After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction|accessdate=2008-10-13|date=2008-06-18|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Powell, Michael and Jodi Kantor}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/23/mann.michelle.obama/ " A First Lady of a different kind," ''cnn.com''] May 23, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,367601,00.html "'FOX News Watch,' June 14, 2008," ''Fox News''] June 14, 2008.</ref> causing her to respond: "Barack and I have been in the public eye for many years now, and we've developed a thick skin along the way. When you’re out campaigning, there will always be criticism. I just take it in stride, and at the end of the day, I know that it comes with the territory."<ref>[http://www.momlogic.com/html_pages/michelle_obama/2.php "20 Questions with Michelle Obama," ''momlogic.com''] July 31, 2008.</ref> By the time of the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]] in August, media outlets observed Obama's presence on the campaign trail had grown softer than at the start of the race, focusing on soliciting concerns and empathizing with audience rather than throwing down challenges to them, and giving interviews to shows like ''[[The View]]'' and publications like [[Ladies' Home Journal]] rather than appearing on news programs. The View appearance was partly intended to help softern her perception.<ref name=AAMOLfaNI/> The change was even reflected in her fashion choices, with Obama wearing more and more [[sundress]]es in place of her previous designer pieces.<ref name="NYT0825"/>

===2008 Democratic National Convention speech===

Michelle Obama was regarded as a charismatic public speaker from the very beginning of the campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CTRB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=118B29E6FA8932F0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=AA98CDC331574F0ABEAFF732B33DC0B2|title=Barack's rock - Sen. Obama 's blunt, tough partner, Michelle , helps shape her husband's politics and life and is integral to his White House run |accessdate=2008-10-13|date=2007-04-22|publisher=Newsbank|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|author=Parsons, Christi, Bruce Japsen and Bob Secter}}</ref> She spoke on the first night of the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]] on August 25, during which she sought to portray herself and her family as the embodiment of the [[American Dream]].<ref name="NYT0826" /> Other speakers that night included Jesse Jackson, Jr. and [[Edward Kennedy]].<ref name=TOAS>{{cite web|url=Telling Obama's American Story|accessdate=2008-10-12|date=2008-08-26|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|author=Von Drehle, David}}</ref> She described Barack as a family man and herself as no different from many women; she also spoke about the backgrounds that she and her husband came from. Obama said both she and her husband believed "that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond, and you do what you say you're going to do, that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them, and even if you don't agree with them."<ref name="NPR0826" /> She also emphasized her love of country, in response to criticism for her previous statements about feeling proud of her country for the first time.<ref name="CST0826" /> Her daughters joined her on the stage after the speech and greeted their father, who appeared on the overhead video screen.<ref name="NPR0826">Naylor, Brian. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93981261 "Interpreting Michelle Obama's speech."] ''[[National Public Radio]]'', August 26, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-08-27.</ref><ref name="CST0826">Pallasch, Abdon M. [http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1126753,CST-NWS-dem26.article "Michelle Obama celebrates Chicago roots."] ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', August 26, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-08-26.</ref><ref name="NYT0826">[[Adam Nagourney|Nagourney, Adam]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/us/politics/26dems.html?scp=6&sq=Michelle%20Obama&st=cse "Appeals evoking American Dream rally Democrats."] ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 26, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-08-27.</ref><ref name="BG0826">Helman, Scott. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/08/26/reaching_back_to_her_chicago_roots_obama_tells_an_american_story/ "Reaching back to her Chicago roots, Obama tells an American story."] ''[[Boston Globe]]'', August 26, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-08-27.</ref>

The speech was largely well received and drew mostly positive reviews.<ref>Suellentrop, Chris. [http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/michelle-obamas-high-note/?scp=7&sq=Michelle%20Obama&st=cse "Michelle Obama's high note."] ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 25, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-08-27.</ref> [[Political commentator]] [[Andrew Sullivan]] described it as "one of the best, most moving, intimate, rousing, humble, and beautiful speeches I've heard from a convention platform."<ref name="AndrewSullivan">[[Andrew Sullivan|Sullivan, Andrew]]. [http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/wow.html "The Daily Dish."] ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'', August 25, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-08-27.</ref> [[Ezra Klein]] of ''[[The American Prospect]]'', described it as a "beautifully delivered, and smartly crafted, speech"<ref name="Ezra">[[Ezra Klein|Klein, Ezra]]. [http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=08&year=2008&base_name=michelle_obama#108579 "Michelle Obama."] ''[[The American Prospect]]'', August 25, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-08-27.</ref> and described Obama as "coming off as wholesome and, frankly, familiar."<ref name="Ezra" /> Katherine Marsh of ''[[The New Republic]]'', however, said she missed "the old Michelle... not the [[The Stepford Wives|Stepford wife]] [[fist bump|fist-bumping]] [[Elisabeth Hasselbeck]], but the sassy better half who reminded us that while Barack was the answer, he was also stinky in the morning and forgot to put the [[butter]] away. She both affirmed his promise and humanized him."<ref>[[Katherine Marsh|Marsh, Katherine]]. [http://tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=0170cbc1-25bd-4b51-88a7-cd9cd6481fb6 "Let Michelle be Michelle."] ''[[The New Republic]]'', August 25, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-08-27.</ref> Jason Zengerle, also of ''The New Republic'', said Obama should have emphasized her professional and educational achievements as well as her mother, daughter and sister qualities; Zengerle wrote, "It almost makes you long for the days when politicians' wives were seen but not heard. After all, if they're not permitted to really say anything, what's the point of having them speak."<ref>Zengerle, Jason. [http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/08/25/against-political-spouses-speeches.aspx "Against political spouses' speeches."] ''[[The New Republic]]'', August 25, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-08-27.</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' described the evening's series of speakers as the long awaited passing of the torch from the long line of [[Kennedy family]] members to the next man to be the Democratic Party standard bearer.<ref name=TOAS/>

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The result was delete. MBisanz talk 01:30, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

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Delete Non-notable collection of houses - see talk page. Ben MacDui 07:47, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

If Harlosh existed, and even if it isn't a great metropolis, at least it gets mentioned in print (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) I'd suggest redirecting there. Or Vatten (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) would be a possible target, but again no luck. Delete I think. Angus McLellan (Talk) 11:24, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. There is a school of thought which says that all geographic places that actually exist are notable. This one is hard to get details on, and I'd as soon be rid of it. I may have caused some of the trouble myself, when I renamed the article Altvaid->Altavaid. I did once find a government map where it was spelled 'Altavaid.' However, Google is much more familiar with Altvaid than Altavaid, so it's probably not worth sorting out the enigma. I might change my vote if better sources are found. EdJohnston (talk) 13:49, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment - better to have these pages as redirects than nothing at all. --MacRusgail (talk) 20:15, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
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