Both potential First Ladies are keeping busy at fundraisers, events and public appearances on the campaign trail.
Yesterday, Michelle Obama was in Durham, North Carolina where she coordinated a fundraising event and spoke on a whole slew of topics including Hillary, Iraq and that persistent keyword, change. Among those in attendance were famed author Maya Angelou and the Mayor of Durham Bill Bell.
Hitting the trail again, Obama will travel to Madison, Wisconsin on Monday to speak at another rally. While in Wisconsin, she will also discuss economics at a roundtable discussion in Wausau, WI. This will be her first visit back to Wisconsin since the February Democratic primary.
Meanwhile, Cindy McCain has been quite active on the campaign trail herself. This coming week, she will replace VP candidate Sarah Palin and be the key attendee at a Seattle fundraiser on Wednesday. Dinner with the potential First Lady will cost $1000 per plate.
Must-see Potential First Lady Moment of the Week: Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain's recent sparring over abortion. Appearing with Jill Biden, Michelle Obama remarked that the issue shouldn't be ignored.
Prior to that, Cindy McCain said on Good Morning America that "there are people without jobs, that are hurting, whose businesses who have collapsed and that "this is not the major issue on people's minds right now."
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It's fascinating to note the differences in [potential] first ladies. Is it too much to make inference about a hypothetical administration. Would C. McCain be more of a Laura Bush than a H. Clinton...and would Michelle "Out-Hillary" Hillary Clinton as a first lady.
By the way...what can first ladies actually do. Are they just normal folks who happen to have the ear of el/la presidente, or can they do stuff?
I suppose you should really ask Hillary about whether first ladies have any power (ahem, health care...) When Hillary tried to "fix" health care back in Bill's first term, opponents of her task force actually filed a law-suit agianst her, claiming her participation was ilegal because she was not technically a government employee as first ladies receive no salary.
So officially...I guess they have no power. But maybe we should start paying first ladies. I mean, between acting excited and gracious at every state dinner and surviving Bosnian sniper fire (I don't know which is harder), maybe they deserve it.
To be honest I would prefer Michelle Obama as an influential (controlling) first-lady, than Sarah Palin as VP.
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