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After that remarkable Grant Park tableau introducing America to its black First Family, Barack had to share Obamamania with the wife and kids. Us Weekly ran a cover story on BARACK OBAMA'S GIRLS. Michelle, Malia and Sasha graced the cover of New York magazine's gift guide. And half of the Obamas' 60 Minutes--the highest-rated episode of any TV show this season--covered the kids' school prospects, the puppy issue and Obama's diplomatic relations with his mother-in-law. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...humor: it's as if the Obamas are launching an early '60s sitcom before our eyes. With good reason: the First Family--elect may represent a big social shift, but their retro, TV Land ordinariness helped get America comfortable with Dad. Quipping with 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft, Barack and Michelle echoed not J.F.K. and Jackie but rather Rob and Laura Petrie--she, the amiably needling supporter; he, the self-deprecatingly put-upon hubby joking about Michelle's asking him to take the girls to school the morning after the election. This fall, on every channel, it's Meet the Obamas...
...pictures of Barack Obama's campaign behind the scenes...
...image. But images matter, not least to African Americans after years of O.J. Simpson and R. Kelly media frenzies. On Comedy Central's Chocolate News, David Alan Grier chided Obama for wearing a tracksuit the day after the election: "Barack, people voted for you because you're not Al Sharpton! Don't start dressing like...
...pictures of Barack Obama's campaign behind the scenes...