Article: Remarks of Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson - Democratic National Convention

The presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., issued the text of the following speech:

Remarks of Michelle Obama - as prepared for delivery

As you might imagine, for Barack, running for President is nothing compared to that first game of basketball with my brother Craig.

I can't tell you how much it means to have Craig and my mom here tonight. Like Craig, I can feel my dad looking down on us, just as I've felt his presence in every grace-filled moment of my life.

At six-foot-six, I've often felt like Craig was looking down on me too... literally. But the truth is, both when we were kids and today, he wasn't looking down on me - he was watching over me.

And he's been there for me ...

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