Michelle Obama’s star power in demand

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From Politico.com:

With midterm elections looming, the White House has started debating how to unleash an untapped political weapon: Michelle Obama.

And just as the Bush administration used Laura Bush on the mid-terms stump, all signs say the White House will likely deploy Obama to help Dems keep the majority in both chambers.

“We’re waiting for direction on what the fall will look like and how this will all evolve,” a White House aide said, adding that “long-term planning” will occur in August while the first family is away.

It’s quite a reversal from the heated 2008 campaign, when Michelle — accused of using a terrorist gesture to fist-bump her husband and famously quoted as saying the campaign made her a proud American “for the first time in my adult life” — was almost politically toxic.

“There’s just something about the first lady that defies party politics,” said pollster John Anzalone. “You can dislike George Bush, but love Laura. You can disagree with Barack Obama’s policies and like Michelle’s work on childhood obesity.”

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