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Michelle Obama made a credible political spouse speech that obviously hit all the checkmarks that a speech like this needs. Good family man - check. Loves his kids - check. Make sure that cute kids are trotted out on cue. American values - check. She's an intelligent, well-spoken woman (though I did find her overly scripted - I rather liked her earlier outspokeness that seems to have been curtailed for the duration), so the fact that her speech didn't bomb should hardly be a surprise.
I mean, what else would she have done? Gone on national television and said, "Vote for my husband because he's a real asshole. He can't balance his checkbook and he hogs the remote." This speech was as fluffy as you can get and really won't mean much in the grand scheme of things. It's hardly going to change minds.
