Michelle Obama

It’s a big day for U.S. Rep. Ron Paul. His bill to audit the Federal Reserve gets its first hearing this morning before the House Financial Services Committee. Then tonight, he and committee colleague Michele Bachmann host a “student town hall” at the University of Minnesota. But will Paul and Bachmann willingly enter Northrop Auditorium, [...]

There are a thousand stories in Minnesota’s 850 cities — and in most of them, it seems, City Hall is laying someone off. Winona is cutting its library director along with the school liaison officer and 10 others. Fergus Falls is firing Ranger, the police dog. Austin already cut its crossing guards but now is hiring them [...]

Yesterday the Washtington Post’s Chris Cillizza wrote a post highlighting the apparent dearth of female politicians eyeing presidential runs. In response, readers threw out numerous names of potential presidential contestants: Kirsten Gillibrand, Kathleen Sebelius and Michelle Obama, among others. But the female pol that was most frequently cited as a prospective future White House occupant? [...]

Both Michelle Obama and Michele Bachmann like to go sleeveless. But the first lady’s name has appeared in news articles that also used the word “sleeveless” on 551 occasions, according to the Lexis database, while the Republican congresswoman’s name has shared space with “sleeveless” only once.

When I was traveling around the state last week in pursuit of Todd Palin, a frequent topic of conservative talk radio was Michelle Obama’s lavish, mid-afternoon room-service purchase of champagne, lobster and caviar at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. This indulgence was trumpeted as the latest evidence that the Obamas are out-of-touch elitists who can’t [...]

Michelle Obama made a stop in Rochester Monday to campaign for her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama before making her way north to address a crowd of 4,500 at Macalester College in St. Paul. MnIndy copyeditor Nancy Olsen was there and captured these scenes. Look for a report by MnIndy’s Paul Demko soon.

I spoke with Minneapolis City Council member Ralph Remington this morning about his initial experience as a first-time delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Remington is a longtime Barack Obama supporter and was the first city council member to endorse his presidential run. On Sen. Ted Kennedy’s speech. “If you didn’t know he was sick [...]

And he loves America. And so does Michelle Obama. That seemed to be the theme of the night. In an often stirring speech Michelle paid loving tribute to her parents and credited the civil rights and feminist movements for guiding her own success. “That is why I love this country,” she told the crowd. “And in my [...]

First Obama Girl had a crush on Barack. Then the McCain Girls totally faked it for McCain. Then, in true viral-style, came this Slayer McCain Girls spoof. (I would award it two devil-horns up, if only it were actually good.) And now the Hardly Boyz have emerged to sing about their love for Michelle Obama.

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