Zitat des Tages von Jodi Kantor:
I've learned that the best political reporters never make predictions!
I would say that Barack Obama has always been a real optimist about what can be accomplished. He believes that government can be used to create systemic, long-term, real change. And the first lady is more of a skeptic.
Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult.
Candidates' wives are supposed to sit cheerfully through their husbands' appearances.
Michelle Obama has gone from political skeptic to political partner to a woman with a White House agenda of her own, and an approval rating higher than the president's.
I spent a lot of time in the White House in the public areas where reporters are allowed to go, but I spoke to people about the private quarters as well. Some of the things I learned were small, novelistic details. For example, the fact that there were still pet stains on the carpets from the Bush cats when the Obamas moved in.
