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Article: The rollout of a spouse in a charm offensive A softer approach for Michelle Obama ELECTIONS 2008

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Jodi Kantor The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
08-27-2008
The rollout of a spouse in a charm offensive A softer approach for Michelle Obama ELECTIONS 2008
Byline: Jodi Kantor The New York Times Media Group
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Section: NEWS

DENVER --

When her husband ran for Congress in 2000, Michelle Obama groused so much about handshaking and fund-raising that Arthur Sussman, then her boss at the University of Chicago, finally asked if she truly could not find a single thing about campaigning to enjoy.

Michelle Obama thought for a moment. Visiting so many living rooms had given her some new decorating ideas, she allowed.
Eight years later, the once reluctant campaigner is at ...

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