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Michelle Obama Urges Graduates to Give Back

First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to graduates at California’s smallest, youngest public university, UC Merced on Saturday and praised them “for their struggle to succeed.” Obama urged the ”jubilant members of her audience to give back to their communities.”
Students at UC Merced “bombarded the first lady’s office with letters, e-mails and even hundreds of Valentine’s cards [...]

Obama to Host Poetry Party at White House

How wonderful it is to have a president in the White House that appreciates culture:
It is a jam, not a slam. President Barack Obama and his cabinet colleagues were today preparing for the first White House poetry party.
Consolidating his reputation for cool after his performance as a stand-up comic on Saturday night, Obama has invited [...]

Obama a Hit at White House Correspondents’ Dinner (Video)

President Barack Obama was a hit at last night’s White House Correspondents’ dinner as made his “debut as the nation’s Stand-Up-in-Chief.” Obama delivered plenty of zingers and no one, including himself, was “safe from his one-liners.”
“During the second 100 days, we will design, build and open a library dedicated to my first 100 days.”
And: “My next [...]

Gardening with First Lady Michelle Obama

I grew up with a large vegetable garden (which was all organic) in our yard in West Newbury, Massachusetts. Every year my father would till the soil and we would all go out and help with the planting, weeding and then when the time came, the picking. The memories of the taste of the just [...]

More on the Hug

It’s OK to hug a queen:
You go Michelle!
Protocol… Schmotocol…
As usual the media has made much ado about nothing.

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First Lady Charms the Queen

Oh my! The some members of media are in a tizzy… Michelle Obama touched the Queen! 
Howard Chua-Eoan reports in Time:
The rules are set in stone, and so the eagerly watching British media sputtered when the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, briefly put her hand on the back of Queen Elizabeth II as the two [...]

Obama Has 61% Approval on Foreign Affairs

President Barack Obama is in the midst of his first trip abroad and and a new Gallup Poll shows that he is “enjoying a 61% job approval rating at home for handling foreign affairs, up seven points since February.”
The poll results on foreign affairs show his approval rating is just a bit higher that the approval [...]

Stephanie Cutter Responds to John McCain’s Hypocrisy on Women

Chief of staff and senior advisor to Michelle Obama, Stephanie Cutter responded today to John McCain’s hypocrisy on the “lipstick on a pig” controversy. Watch Stephanie Cutter here:  
The whole thing is one big faux controvesy and McCain is proving once again that’s nothing but a hypocrite. McCain fails on women’s issues and his faux [...]

Biden Thanks Delaware Delegates

Joe Biden met with delegates from his home state of Delaware today, The Caucus reports. Biden was “emotional and apparently exhausted” as he “ventured out early this morning to address,” the delegates.
“I just want you to know that this is a great honor, this is a great honor being nominated vice president of the United States [...]

Michelle Obama’s Speech

A quick note on Michelle Obama’s speech… I thought it was awesome. I was incredibly impressed. She’s grown a lot on the campaign trail. Tonight’s from Michelle Obama speech was honest, from the heart and very moving. It was a great follow up to the tribute to Ted Kennedy and Kennedy’s “triumphant appearance” and speech.
If you [...]