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Article: Michelle Obama brings fresh twist to role
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- May 3, 2009
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CHICAGO -- The story of Michelle Obama's first 100 days actually
begins 10 months ago.
Barack Obama had clinched the Democratic nomination and was the
presidential front-runner in June, but Americans still had
reservations about his wife. Her approval rating hovered around 43
percent, a politically troubling number stemming from questions
about her patriotism and relatively low profile before the campaign.
Even the fist bump she gave her husband rankled some, with one
television commentator comparing the celebratory knuckle knock with
a terrorist gesture.
Then the great image rehabilitation began.
Michelle Obama appeared in an affordable sundress on "The View."
She danced on "Ellen" and ...