Michelle Obama's Appeal

I watched Michelle Obama spoke in Nevada day after the election aired by C-Span channel. She embodies the American dream. A woman of color from a working class family and now she is moments away from being the First Lady -- the first African American First Lady.

And she is a very good speaker. She speaks from the heart. She relates to people. Like her husband, she experienced difficulties in life growing up but she persevered to have a college education. All throughout her speech, she referred to her husband as "Barack." She recounted the presidential debates, the campaigns in the primary, and the hardships she and her busband went through as they started a family citing that their college loans were just paid off several years ago.

Like Senator Obama, Michelle spoke of possibilites. Possibility that parents can send their children to college; possibility that out of hard work, their children can start their own companies; possibility that their children can someday run as president of the United States. I saw a couple of women behind her wiped out tears from their eyes.

Michelle said that because her husband knows the struggles of the working middle class-- like health care, college education, and retirement-- he is in the best position to help them.