100 Days: Michelle Obama takes the country by storm

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100 Days: Michelle Obama takes the country by storm

By William Douglas | McClatchy Newspapers


WASHINGTON — She's wowed Europe, planted a White House organic vegetable garden, is breaking in a new family dog and touring federal agencies to buck up morale on behalf of her husband.

While President Barack Obama dove into a full plate of political issues in his first 100 days in office, Michelle Obama had her hands full, too, settling her young family in Washington while developing her voice and agenda as first lady — perhaps the most highly scrutinized unelected position in the nation's capital.

Incorporating both traditional and non-traditional aspects to the job, Michelle Obama is performing to mostly positive reviews from academics and the public, even Republicans. In doing so, she has quieted — at least for now — critics from last year's presidential campaign who called her unpatriotic, angry and a potentially radical influence on her husband's policies.

"She has kind of taken the country by storm," said Andrew Kohut, the president of the Pew Research Center, at a breakfast with reporters last week.

In her first 100 days, the Harvard- and Princeton-educated attorney and former Chicago hospital executive has proven even more popular than her husband. A poll last week by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found that 76 percent of Americans view Michelle Obama favorably, up 8 points from 68 percent in January.


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[goclark]

1. Bravo for Our First Lady! nt

[handmade34]

2. it was love at first sight for me...

I am so proud of our country's first lady.

[roguevalley]

7. me too. Finally, someone with it all.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. Off to the greatest with you. k&r.....(nt)

[Cha]

4. Since the faction that called Michelle Obama

"angry and unpatriotic" was fueled by the republicons and the republicon's corporatemediawhore base then it wasn't terribly difficult for the intelligent, charming, kind, funny, and elegant Mrs Obama to bring the country around to the obvious truth.

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. Aw, what's not to love?

I'm utterly biased, but I cannot figure out what in the world anyone could find unfavorable about the woman.

[islandgirl808]

6. LOVE HER

so glad to witness someone like her in the white house :)

[ClarkUSA]

8. Barack has Michelle beat now. His latest approval rating is 81% in today's NBC/WSJ poll (link-->)

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