The Obamas and oprah winfrey, a famous program host, were not actively involved at first, although Michelle helped Obama raise money and set up a campaign team when he was elected to the Senate. When her husband participated in the 2000 US House of Representatives election, the boss of the University of Chicago asked her how she could devote herself to the election. She responded by visiting many families and received many valuable suggestions. In May 2007, three months after her husband announced his candidacy for the presidency, she began to reduce her public office by 80% and fully supported her husband's candidacy. At the beginning of the campaign, she began to teach her two daughters independence, and then increased the number of days to participate in the campaign. At the beginning of February, 2008, she participated in 33 campaign rallies in eight days. At least two of the rallies Obama attended invited oprah winfrey, a famous American program host. Winfrey increased its momentum. In 2007, Michelle began to help her husband make a national lecture tour to attract voters. Chicago Sun refers to her as a fighter, who campaigned for her husband resolutely and enthusiastically, showing her heartfelt eloquence and wisdom. Michelle hired an all-female assistant class to cater to her political role. She said that she had negotiated to let her husband quit smoking in exchange for her efforts to support her husband's campaign. Regarding her role as the spouse of the presidential candidate, she said: "My role is not a senior adviser." Before the Democratic Party of the United States elected the last two candidates, she was considered as the lowest-key candidate's spouse. At the beginning of the campaign, she showed satirical humor and detailed anecdotes about her family life, but the media began to question that her satirical humor could not be clearly explained in the print media, so she turned to a low profile. The New York Times visits her if former first lady Hillary Clinton? Clinton finally won the party nomination. Will she support and run for her? Michelle said that it depends on Hillary's policy, attitude and tone. She added, "You know, no matter who gets the final nomination, all party member must work hard." Although she criticized Hillary Clinton in the 2008 election campaign, Michelle was asked in 2004 which leader's spouse she admired most. Her answer at that time was Hillary: "She is a smart, kind and United person." On June 6, 2008 10, Michelle was invited by famous program host Larry? King asked whether the Bradley effect had passed, and she stressed that Obama's victory in the party nomination showed that he had some strength. Just this weekend, Michelle raised huge sums of money for the campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

Criticism on "The First Speech in Life"

McCain's wife Cindy once said in Michelle's speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin's largest city, on February 18, 2008, "This is the first time in my life that I am proud of my country because I hope to come back." In the evening, she transferred to Madison, the second largest city in Wisconsin, and added, "This is the proudest moment of my life. Because Obama is really doing well, I also feel that people are very eager to' change'. " Afterwards, many critics criticized her remarks and immediately provoked an attack from Cindy, the wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Cindy responded that she has always been proud of her country, but it turns out that her opponent's wife is proud of her country for the first time. Obama's campaign office immediately issued a statement, saying that "her remarks are just opinions, and Obama himself helped her and felt' frustrated' by these unreasonable attacks. In June 2008, First Lady Laura hinted that Michelle's remarks were distorted by the media: "I think what she meant was more proud ... You know it is quite difficult to balance the presidential election campaign with the identity of the candidate's spouse. "

During the campaign, the media often labeled Michelle as an "irritable black woman", and some websites even tried to spread these views, which led her to respond: "Obama and I have been public figures for many years, and we are used to these criticisms, so we will not pay attention to them." During the Democratic National Convention in August 2008, the media observed that Michelle's performance was milder than at the beginning of the campaign, and she began to focus on substantive issues and mingle with the audience instead of refuting those who challenged her. She is also often interviewed by TV talk shows and women's publications, more than in TV news reports. Her change is also reflected in her clothes. Wearing more vest skirt gives people an easy-going image.

Speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention of the United States

Michelle attached great importance to her first public speech in the national campaign. On August 25, 2008, the first day of the National Congress of the Democratic Party of the United States, she published a policy: to play herself, her husband and her daughter into the embodiment of the American dream. Also speaking was Congressman Jesse Junior? Jackson, and Edward, a famous senior senator with brain cancer? Kennedy, their appearance stole Michelle's thunder. Michelle described her husband's family priority and that she was no different from ordinary housewives. In her speech, she also mentioned the background and growth process of herself and her husband. They all believe in "no pains, no gains". Even if you don't know or agree with someone, as long as you stick to your beliefs and treat others with humility and respect, you will eventually be accepted by others. Michelle once again emphasized her patriotism in response to the media's misinterpretation of her statement that she was "proud of her country for the first time in her life". After the speech, the two daughters took the stage to accept everyone's encouragement and say hello to their father who broadcast the video live on the big screen.

The reaction after the speech was generally positive, and political commentator Andrew? Sullivan described this as "the most touching, inspiring, humble and beautiful" speech in all the meetings he attended; Ezra, assistant editor-in-chief of the political monthly "American Vision"? Klein praised the speech as "well expressed and cleverly conceived". And described Michelle as "energetic, frank and kind"; The American biweekly New Republic believes that Michelle "should emphasize her professional and academic achievements".

Controversy with Fox TV

Michelle was involved in two of Obama's three reporting disputes related to Fox News Channel. On June 1 1, 2008, Fox interviewed Michelle, a conservative Asian-American columnist. Malkin quoted a picture titled "Offending Liberalism: Voters Don't Vote for Unmarried Mother Michelle", which was later verified by Fox, and the company admitted that it misquoted the false report of On Politics. In fact, the two were legally married. In addition, the Obamas warmly congratulated each other in the form of fist collision on the night of the end of the Democratic presidential candidate's primary election on June 3, but they were described by Fox News Channel as "terrorists boxing each other". Afterwards, Fox completely canceled the report.