Michelle Obama Watch

by Nichelle of Anovelista.com Do these poll numbers from the New York Times and CBS News prove that there is racial dissension over Michelle Obama? It depends on how you choose to interpret them. Adam Nagourney and Megan Thee report in "Poll Finds Obama Isn't Closing Divide on Race": There was even racial dissension over Mr. Obama’s wife, Michelle: She was viewed favorably by 58 percent of black voters, compared with 24 percent of white voters. Karen Tumulty, TIME magazine's National Political Correspondent picked up ... Read More

Posted by: RhondaMarie With the dust settled on the Democratic nomination, the spouses of the two nominees vying for the presidency are being pushed out into the national spotlight more and more. While spouses don't normally make or break an election (only 16% of respondents to a December ABC News/Washington Post poll said that they give a "great amount of weight" to the spouses of presidential candidates), we've already seen that this is far from a "normal" election. I'm not a stats ... Read More