Michelle Obama

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  • Baby mama drama

    How did an urban slang insult cross over into the political mainstream, and why is it so offensive?
  • Michelle Obama Watch

    A new Web site tracks the most egregious examples of racism and sexism directed at the potential first lady.
  • Fox News responds

    The network blames "poor judgment" for the description of Michelle Obama as "Obama's baby mama."
  • Fox News calls Michelle Obama "Obama's baby mama"

    An on-screen graphic displayed the description during a segment about attacks on the wife of the presumptive Democratic nominee.
  • Get ready for the attacks on Michelle Obama

    Conservatives are already trying to paint Barack Obama's wife as bitter and anti-American.
  • Michelle Obama, fashionista

    The media compares the presidential candidate's wife to Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn ... and Barbara Bush?
  • Obama's best veep choice

    Here's a hint: She's not Hillary! Plus: Talk radio's paranoid delusions and a Brazilian diva Madonna could aspire to.
  • Hillary's slick willies

    Does Hillary surround herself with girly men? Obama and the experience question. Plus: Lincoln, Madonna's new face and a Bush with real authority.
  • William Kristol's bad grade in economics

    The new New York Times pundit tries to punk Michelle Obama, but the one-time Harvard teaching fellow ends up reprimanded by a former student.
  • What would Michelle Obama do?

    How can a woman maintain a separate identity -- and career -- while living up to our expectations for a first lady?
  • Don't call Oprah a "traitor"!

    Book-ended by famous Kennedys, TV's guru of female empowerment lets loose on her Hillary-supporting critics.
  • If Clinton gets the nomination, would Michelle Obama support her?

    In an interview on "Good Morning America," the candidate's wife raises doubts.
  • Update: Michelle Obama disagrees with me

    After the candidate says all's fair, his wife denounces the Clintons' "win at any cost" tactics. Plus: A last word on the "battles of the sixties."
  • Barack Obama and his mama

    The presidential candidate says his mother and other key women have shaped who he is today.
  • The Oprah Winfrey show

    The TV host accompanies her chosen candidate to South Carolina as Barack Obama closes on Hillary Clinton in the polls.
  • Michelle Obama gets real

    She may be too authentic for Maureen Dowd, but the bold and plain-spoken candidate's wife has made doubting Iowans into believers.
  • The Hillary attack that wasn't

    What Michelle Obama did and didn't say.
  • Barack Obama in New Orleans

    The candidate and the black middle class meet up in the Superdome at the Essence Music Festival.
  • Michelle Obama's sacrifice

    It had to be hard for the high-achieving candidate's wife to give up her career -- and I'm in a feminist fury about it.
  • Behind every great man...

    Is a great woman with the potential to hurt his presidential shot?
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