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Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:00 AM

Isn't she lovely?

In her prime-time speech Monday, Michelle Obama foiled her harshest detractors and perhaps even won over Middle America.
By Rebecca Traister

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  • Tuesday, August 26, 2008 06:53 AM

    brought tears to my eyes

    How often can one say that a speech was expertly crafted, sincerely from the heart and brought tears to my eyes? Add poised, elegant, humble to that mix. You saw the pride in her own mother's eyes. And what's more, without actually saying so, she left no doubt that if, heaven forbid, she were crippled in a car accident, Obama would never ever dump her for an heiress to a beer fortune.

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