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...Gist: Depending on who you talk to, Michelle Obama has either been a valuable, humanizing presence in her husband's historic presidential campaign, or a divisive, cringe-inducing liability. Public curiosity about Michelle - a product of Chicago's South Side, an outspoken Harvard-educated lawyer and a mother of two - has been at a fever pitch since her husband announced his candidacy. It seems an apt time for a biography of Michelle, from her childhood in her family's bungalow on Euclid Avenue to the current campaign, just weeks from its conclusion. Washington Post staffer Liza Mundy offers a rundown...
...Barack's time in the Illinois State Senate, when he would spend much time away from the family in Chicago: "Her displeasure - or simply loneliness - was not something he took lightly, but it didn't keep him from doing what he wanted to do...Barack would sometimes get stuck in Springfield during extended sessions, and when his staff would call Michelle to ask her to fill in for him at an event, she would do it if it worked into her schedule, but felt free to decline if it didn...
...strain Barack's political ambitions have placed on his family may seem revelatory, unless one has read his book, The Audacity of Hope, in which he writes about this topic extensively. Mundy offers some insight about Michelle simply by putting her life into context - describing the black experience in Chicago in the 1960s and 1970s, for example, and the cliqueishness of Harvard Law School. For those wanting to understand the basic life experiences that influenced Michelle Obama, Mundy's portrait is a reliable field guide...
...DeWolfe, as well as MySpace press materials, cited the example of Dan Davis, a Chicago-area roofer who broadcast an ad called "Damaged Roof?" in the aftermath of a hailstorm at the end of the summer. An outlay of $100 got him a $30,000 job, within eight days...
...Dart said in the release. "We're just not going to evict innocent tenants. It stops today." The Illinois Bankers Association quickly fired back with its own public statement, calling Dart's move "vigilantism." But supporters have been just as vocal; one local resident wrote a letter to the Chicago Tribune hailing Dart as a true American patriot, proclaiming "Dart for President." TIME spoke with the 46-year-old sheriff about his controversial decision, his duties during the economic crisis and how he thinks evictions should be carried...