Michelle Obama hit a homerun. Some bloggers (and James Carville) are complaining that the Democrats didn't hit John McCain or the issues enough last night. They're wrong. As indicated by my last post, I think the campaign needs to start attacking McCain's policies and emphasizing how great Obama's are. They have three nights left to do that. Because of his race, his unusual upbringing, his relative newness, a sizable portion of the electorate is still not quite sure what to make of Barack Obama. And due to some unfortunate comments, Michelle Obama has been painted as some sort of militant angry black woman. Night one did a fantastic job of making the Obamas seem like a very normal, very relatable, very American family. Michelle came across as a dedicated mother and as a woman with immense love and admiration for her parents and her husband. She made it clear that her story is very much like the story of many Americans and that she and Barack love their country and have worked to make it a better place.And quite frankly, she's an amazing speaker. I was moved and I think a lot of other people were, too. I'm ready to vote for Michelle for some kind of office.
The introduction by her brother helped, too. Like I said, I think there was some suspicion that Michelle is an "angry black woman." Not only did she come across as someone who isn't all that different than the typical white person, her brother's intro made it clear that her family's not that different from the typical white family. I don't have a good PC way to say this, but let's just say that her brother seemed more Wayne Brady than Chris Rock.
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