Michelle Obama To Remind Voters Of Barack's Roots
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Michelle Obama in front of the podium during a campaign event in August. (Scout Tufankjian for Obama for America/Flickr)
She's unlikely to dwell on Mitt Romney much because talking politics might damage her favorability ratings, which are better than her husband's and have held steady since President Obama's inauguration.
White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett told Bloomberg that the speech will remind voters why Obama deserves a second term.
“It is an opportunity to remind folks about who he is, what drives him, what motivates him, what he has accomplished and what he still intends to accomplish and why,” said Jarrett, who has read the speech. “Her speech is one that will touch the hearts of every American, regardless of party, regardless of geography. It is a personal speech that will resonate very broadly.”
Michelle told a radio show Tuesday that she would do that by reminding Americans about who he was before being president.
"The truth is that he has grown so much, but in terms of his core character and value, that has not been changed at all," Mrs. Obama said in interview airing on SiriusXM's "The Joe Madison Show." "I am going to take folks back to the man he was before he was president."
Though she's headlined only a third as many fundraisers as the president has attended, she's been active on the campaign trail.
Tuesday also marks the first day of school for Malia, the Obamas' older daughter.
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Agreed, he's a failure by his own definition. He said he would not run if he did not cut the deficit and unemployment in half. He lies
We know about the roots. We have seen nothing from the president other than blame and lies. I live in Phoenix Arizona. On every block businesses are failing, acres of vacant office buildings, shopping malls 60% of businesses have pulled out. People standing on every street corner working for small businesses holding up signs for 8 to 10 hours a day to try to get business into those small businesses. Add in foreclosures and unemployment and high gas prices higher food prices. Zero growth of economy. So unless you are totally oblivious to the facts or you absolutely don't care then wake up look around and realize the presidents policies have failed. Time is running out the debt clock just hit $16 trillion dollars. Mitt Romney will get the job market back on track by actually creating real jobs that will extend far into the future. We need Mitt Romney to make this country great once again. Take back America. Stand up for Freedom and realize how our position in the world is being compromised. Mitt Romney for President of the United States.