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Article: Michelle Obama stresses ties to those seeking American Dream
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 26, 2008
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CAMPAIGN 2008
DENVER - Michelle Obama last night opened the Democratic National
Convention that will nominate her husband for president with a high-
stakes speech designed to place her family squarely within the
experience of American households everywhere.
It is a challenge each nominee's spouse before her has faced -
notably Teresa Heinz Kerry in 2004 - but one that is also entirely
unique to her: As the first potential African-American first lady,
Michelle Obama has an unusually complicated task in trying to relate
to and connect with the millions of families across the country
looking for a president who understands and represents them.
"Barack and I were raised with so many of the same ...