Michelle more popular than Barack: Politico
Friday, April 3, 2009 at 5:45AM A new survey by Gallup shows first lady Michelle Obama surpassing her husband in popularity, with a 72 percent favorable rating to his 69 percent.
“While the 3 percentage-point difference between the two favorable ratings is not statistically significant, Michelle Obama’s much lower unfavorable ratings compared with the president’s (17 percent vs. 28 percent) give her the clear edge in public favorability,” the polling company said.
The public transformation of FLOTUS is one of David Axelrod’s great successes. There was a time during the campaign when she was a serious liability and the subject of hostile rumors, many centered on race. There was the imaginary “whitey tape” and the rumors about her (actually pretty dry) college thesis. Her comment that Barack Obama’s success made her proud to be an American for the first time seriously damaged her image, and she retreated into a far narrower space of supportive wife and mother. more


















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