"We had a big gala": Collins, "The Other Obama."
"She let nothing slide": Powell and Kantor, "After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction."
"Real change": Powell and Kantor, "After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction."
"She built it to last": Rossi, "Obama's Anchor."
CHAPTER 8
"I grew up five minutes": Yeager, "The Heart and Mind of Michelle Obama."
"My wife's anger": Obama, Audacity of Hope, 328.
"I spent a lot of time": Johnson, "Michelle Obama's the Natural."
"I'm loving every day": Reynolds, "He's Much More Than Obama's Brother-in-law."
"The big issue around the Senate": Mendell, Obama, 151–52.
"Just don't screw it up, buddy": Obama, Audacity of Hope, 359.
"There's not a liberal America": Barack Obama, Remarks to Democratic National Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, July 27, 2004.
"Daddy, are you going to be," "Well, Senator": Mendell, Obama, 303–4.
CHAPTER 9
"I'd like to teach": Mendell, Obama, 101.
"I took myself down": Ifill, "Michelle Obama: Beside Barack."
"Eventually I thought": Henneberger, "Michelle Obama Interview: Her Father's Daughter."
"Michelle is such a disciplinarian": Johnson, "Michelle Obama's the Natural."
"It's harder for him":Yeager, "The Heart and Mind of Michelle Obama."
"Occasionally, it gives people heartburn": Collins, "The Other Obama."
"You are amazed": Powell and Kantor, "After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction."
"I'd have to think about that": Good Morning America, ABC News, February 4, 2008.
"It's like I can't think out loud": Wolffe, "Barack's Rock."
"for the first time": Michelle Obama, Remarks at campaign stop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 18, 2008.
"When a team is down": Patinkin, "Obama's Got Game, Says Brother-in-law."
"magical ... Tinkerbell": Kristen Gelineau, "Would-be First Lady Drifts into Rock Star Territory," Associated Press, March 30, 2008.
"I don't think I can": Richard Wolffe, "I Can Only Be Who I Can Be," Newsweek, February 25, 2008.
"Barack and I": Michelle Obama, Remarks at the Democratic National Convention, August 25, 2008.
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