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How much will it cost the taxpayers to remove four years of stink from the White House?

Wow, if that's the only trash that CNN can dig up about Obama, then should there even BE an article here about him?

What's the point, guys? No matter how one-sided you decide to be, people still think he's great.

But go ahead and keep talking trash if it makes you feel better.

Ps- I'd like to know what man isn't "snore-y and stinky" when he gets up from sleeping?

Obama is the hope of the USA, he can change the current image the USA has as a terrrorist nation to one of a human nation.

on top of that he can stop terrorism currently living in the USA.

This woman has such a "ghetto" way of thinking, I am often covering my ears because of the things she is saying. If you think you may have a shot at being first lady, think whether or not Jackie O would have called JFK stinky.

i agree there is nothing refreshing about being stinking!lol i'll buy the obama camp some soap and mail it to em lol....

Embarrassing, irrelevant, inappropriate.

Words create and destroy. She can chose to build his image or bring it down... once the image is out there, it can have a life of it's own, and can be pretty hard to change or remove out of people's minds. Are these the images she wants flashing through our minds every time he's in the papers, or on TV?

I hope she will chose her words more carefully in the future.

Barack Obama is not a serious candidate anymore. His wife has given us Too Much Information. Bush is a moron. Obama is not presidental. He's the stinky guy with the peasant wife.

Irrelevant vulgarities.

what in the world is refreshing about being sticking people – grow a brain! and by some soap!

I have already decided to vote for Stinky.

Embarassing...
and not relevant..
she's doing her husband a disservice by talking about all this nonsense...
If I were Barack, I'd tell my wife to shut it.
She's immasculating him and, worst of all, I think she knows it.

This shows that she is politically naive. His image is warm enough ... it doesn't need her help to make him appear to be humble.

She should err on the side of not having too much lip... if she's a real, confident woman, she can manage that.

As fresh a Obama is, the entire rules of the game are not going to change for them ... she'd be smart to realize that ....

Perhaps she's trying to stoop to the level of the masses, but I think she's stooped too low. I'm all for a woman's right to speak her mind, but I think Mr. Obama needs to sit her down and have a talk with her on this latest blabbering.

I honestly see no reason why CNN would not fabricate these "blog" entries to create a fake confrontation where there, it actuality, is no conflict all along... wake up people! let's have a real debate in REAL LIFE! WAKE UP NOW!

For all of the people so incensed at the "non" story... SURELY you saw that CNN has reported on the war today. Surely they have reported on whatever Bush said today. Surely they did their jobs and wrote about things of importance. So, SO WHAT if a 'human interest' blurb was put in there. (its the internet. there are no space limitations...) And for those on that 'same' page that say T.M.I., well... OK, its your opinion, and you are entitled to it. But how many times have we heard about the damned dog Barney, or Socks.... But what is TRULY ironic, is that only one other story had more posts than this one. The next closest "real news" story comments was "35".(this one was at 152 when I entered). So can we all just get over ourselves for a minute with all of this BS faux outrage? PLEASE? (this from a populace with a current president that FLIPS THE FINGER whenever he gets pissed...) At best, its worth a chuckle, an opinion, and them move on with your life. But indignant outrage??? Over this???(can we say over reaction??)

I like Bill Clinton voted for him when he ran for president and admired his presidency...but even as a devote Clinton admirer I realize that Bill Clinton is not coming back in a pant suit and lipstick! I'm turning the page and moving on from that now.
Barack Obama Supporter

I agree with Jeff of Va. –
sometimes I think the country would breath a bit of fresh air if Hillary or Obama was given the chance. Maybe in four or eight yrs. they will prove the wrong choice. But talk about polarizing – these two both have so many "won't ever" voters vowing against them, neither will be given that chance.

p.s. Are stinky and snorey the eighth and ninth dwarfs ?

If his wife thinks he is so "stinky" that they don't sleep in the same bed, does he have a hygiene problem or is their marriage already on the downhill slide? But, personally, I really don't care how much he stinks. He just stinks as a politician. He will NEVER win the nomination.

I hope those who come to CNN faithfully really do there research. When they say that Obama has a movment, He really does have a movement. He is really setting a new trend in politics. And he is using "the People" and is trully for "the people" The media is really trying to "write history" but we "the people" will always be a part of it. Name one Republican front runner that can pull democratic votes? Not one however if you ask the country which democrate that will pull Republican and independent votes its Obama. And that is the beauty of his campeign. He is bringing "the people" together. That is what a leader is supposed to do, not for the fame but to help people. And I tell you what his resume speaks for it self! Obama 08!!

I have to wonder, like others, why they don't sleep in the same bed. Doesn't sound like it is just because he is in D.C. part of the time. She says:
“We have this ritual in the morning," Michelle Obama told Glamour. "They come in my bed, and Dad isn’t there — because he’s too snore-y and stinky, they don’t want to ever get into bed with him."

she says MY bed, not our bed. Wonder if things are as sweet (tho stinky) as they seem. As several have said, she needs to shut her mouth and think before she says that sort of thing. But I am for Hillary, so it is fine with me if she goes on sabotaging Obama's presidency run.

After reading a lot of these posts, I'm now even more in favor of testing people before they're allowed to vote. Are you kidding me??? Most of you shouldn't be allowed to drive a car, much less vote for the leader of the free world. You're going to let the inane comments of some spotlight-hogging bimbo wife influence who you vote for?? How about trying to figure out just what the Hell Obama's stance is on anything? Good luck finding your way out of that maze

I think Michelle is actually doing her husband a service–she's pointing out that's he's a living, breathing, flawed human being. No one is perfect and if a candidate claimed to be I'd hope this country would have the sense to not elect them!

-Who like Romney?

wait.... who cares?

Snore-y, Stinky, Happy, Sleepy, Grumpy, Bashful, Dopey, Doc...will these be cabinet members?

Michelle cannot successfully humanize her husband to people who won't ever vote for him any more than Bill can humanize Hill to people who won't ever vote for her. The "won't ever" numbers for both of them are too high for either to win a general election.

Go Michelle! You can still love your husband, even if you wish he'd learn where the laundry basket is....

I am not American. I cannot vote.

Micheal Knox, NLR, Arkansas writes:

"...Michelle Obama is Barack's wife yet you use Ms. and not Mrs.in this commentary, why is that? ..."

Oh, this is really a big issue!!!! Wherever I go in my diplomatic capacity I–and everyone else–use only Ms for women and Mr for men, with no regard to age or marital status. Heads of state are properly addressed according to gender + office, excepting the heads of international bodies, UN, World Bank, Chief justices of international courts, etc. which are addressed as Mr/Ms. More, in my only appearance, as an amicus curiae, at your own USSC I addressed the justices with Mr/Ms + last name just as I address everyone everyone else, including you. And it works just fine.

In the course of the converation, Sir or Madam–no e– make the addressing easier and more dignified. That is the standard now.

Michelle knows her husband better than anyone. It appears he's an "All American" kind of guy and ladies we talk to anyone who will listen about the same things her spouse does. Maybe it would sound better coming from her if she were a guest on Dr. Phil show?

I am a subscriber to Glamour and these are the sort of chatty, gossipy details that Glamour readers want and expect in an article. In fact, in almost every issue you will find a "tell all" story from a wife or girlfriend of a larger-than-life celebrity, it is a common format for Glamour. But, we Glamour readers understand, while it is cute and entertaining, IT IS NOT NEWS! Why oh why did CNN pick this up?? I am voting for Obama but I was shocked to find this on the CNN ticker. How about talking about Obama's political views, for a change?

According to some rumors making the rounds, legally married ladies can retain our status while still using the prefix: "Ms." If these stories are accurate, we can even keep our maiden names. Also, married women can now own property and pierce our ears without so much as asking our husbands' permission. This is due, I infer, to certain legal changes that may have been made in the last century. I hope it's all true.

Finally a wife of a presidental canidate who speaks the truth about her husband!! He still has my vote!! Stinky and all!!

Refreshing While I have no intentions of vote for him (them)... I like the humanizing nature of the conversations and information.....Like President Bush falling off his Bike looking human...or his daughter getting married...Oh sorry, I'm talking about another committed Family....That does not get the "nice" press.

Is the "stinky" an aftersex or unbrushed mouth... yikesss! Disgusting.

to Mrs. Obama, I think those personal details are great for the setting you were in I just don't know why CNN and media finds it necessary to exploit it. We have serious problems in this country CNN, and we need serious media coverage of our sons and daughters, husbands and wives being shot at, manned and dying in Iraq!!! Who gives a Rats A....about whether Obama stinks,snores, etc. Will that make him a better candidate. No, actually for me I hate men who snore allllllllllll night long.
Report REAL NEWS OK CNN

Yay for real people and real marriages. Nothing like knowing that the outside looks so perfect and the inside is unthinkable.

Don't ask if you don't want to know. Life is real. Let's' get there.

You nitwits who comment without reading the article– IT DOESN'T SAY THEY SLEEP IN SEPARATE BEDS. IT SAYS THEY COME IN WHEN HE'S NOT THERE. GET A LIFE!

Good for her. She is telling it like it is. "Blind adoration" is totally descriptive of other politicians wives- look where that gets them (Hillary, anyone?) Refreshing.

George Bush surrounded himself with the best people and the people with the best resumes. Look where that got us. If Barack Obama is not ready, when is he going to be, after 8 years in the Senate, or 4 years as a governor. Or maybe 8 years as first lady. I say he is ready now. Or come to upstate NY and see all the jobs the First Lady promised us when she first ran for Senate. So far it is a big 0.

Oh my gosh. Is CNN serious. There is plenty of actually important news about Barack Obama's campaign. Why don't they ever talk about that???

I think her comments show that they are real people.

I think it's refreshing that a candidate for President's wife speaks candidly. I'm a Democrat who's sick of the scripted Hillary Clinton who plans every word and action. I would love to see Michelle Obama as the first lady. She would be much better than having a serial philanderer as the President's spouse and would restore honor to the White House. Bravo Michelle!

I like the fact that Mrs. Obama is frank, honest and 'real'. It shows us that she can relate to us, the real, working, tax-paying, law-abiding folks.
I support Mrs. Obama's candid personality.

"Does this mean they sleep in separate beds? Doesn't sound like a 'real marriage' to me!" Posted By Julie, Helena MT : September 7, 2007 3:20 pm

It seems to me that a married couple can choose their own sleeping arrangements without seeking the approval of those who know what a "real" marriage is. Now, in my opinion, a "real" wife never tell a room of strangers that her husband snores and stinks. I would leave my wife at home in the future if I were Obama. What secret of his will she blab out next?

Wow, if a candidate says the sky is blue and it gets reported, 50% will say it is a non-story, 25% will say their voting for the candidate because he is honest, and 25% will say they are voting against the candidate because we shouldn't let our enemies know what we are thinking.

@Posted By Kate, Christiansburg, VA : September 7, 2007 12:47 pm

You are too stupid to be posting anything. This is what you wrote:

"Hmm… I wonder what she'd say to presidents of other countries."

That is just an idiotic comment. She'd be PC just like anyone else.

"I think it's great that she is a normal, every day woman, but personally, the First Lady should be a little more candid when it comes to speaking about her husband, the President." – Nice back-handed comment.

First, you should lookup the word "candid"...you probably should have said less candid, and her husband isn't the President, he's HER HUSBAND, no matter his public title.

"I just don't see her as a First Lady, but that could be because I view First Ladies as those of the past."

Are you 70? My guess, closer to 20. This is the 21st century (in most of the US), get with the times. What First Ladies are you referring to? Maybe Jackie O? Her husband walked all over her.
http://www.google.com/search?q=JFK+Affairs

Perhaps you just need to keep quiet in your little bass-ackwards red-neck college town.

/RANT

By the way, you should read the actual story - an interview by Spike Lee's wife. The info about him being snory and stinky was in response to a question about how her girls saw her –as "Mommy".

http://www.glamour.com/news/articles/2007/09/michelleobama

I've thought Obama's stinky for a long time. The guy's got NO experience to be the president of the US.

The stark reality is that Ms. Obama is NOT First Lady material and never will be. No class, period!

I'm sure something like this was said about all the Former and the current Presidents by their wives or others that are so close to the I-Cons of a person such as all of these great men. The media chooses to put forth whatever they THINK is new worthy well as usual they got it wrong!!! I have a trusty pair of stinky socks that has always kept my feet warm never fell to slide on in a moment of need... I guess if I listened and believed everything the media says I should go whole heartedly to my laundry basket and put those socks on and never change them... Flip flops on issues no experience on foreign policy too young etc. In this time of all Americans to step up we really need to get it right and if the powers that be is just kissing ass to the huge corporate $$$$ then find a new job and give some other sap the opportunity to make six figures. Just like a neo nazi if we stand by and say nothing when they spew there crap then we are enablers. Media stop enabling and help us uninformed make informed decisions so we can make a bright future for you kids and grandkids. Believe me all the money you make right now will mean nothing if the denomenation is Egyptian or some other islamic state " not that I have anything against Islam " . Sign me up and I'll give you all a run for your money!!! Dems and repubs...

My leader Oprah has bid me vote for him and I shall do her bidding.

Wow – how refreshing! To think Presidential candidates are real people too – who knew?

I really don't care to turn our national politics into a reality TV show!!

Does this sound like an inferiority complex over the charisma and adoring features of her husband ....... that she has to go as far (oops!, low) as subconsciously "dog him" to this level just to show who is in control beyond the campaign trail?

As it is said: "Some things are better left unsaid".

Good for her! I hate when we make 'gods' of our politicians, either through media hype, political PR, or blind adoration, and then tear them apart when they 'become human.' This exended campaign season is already full of enough sound bytes to again be wearisomely dumbing us down ... Ms. Obama's honesty is a refreshing breeze!

Common! This is a news item!! Is CNN turning into TMZ!!

Thank you, Michelle Obama, for being 'real'! Best of luck to all of you in the future – whatever it may bring!

Thank God somebody is being real about what marriage is like! Sometimes your husband or wife doesn't smell or look that fresh all of the time.

Those people critizing CNN for posting stories like this are just full of themselves! We need something to lighten the mood! The war in Iraq and how it seems like all of our politicians are doing something corrupt or sleezy everyday-a little puff piece like this would actually ligthen up the mood.

Too bad Barack Obama just dose not blow away liken to a fart in the wind.

Adam in Plano, Its called reading comprehension..... you should try it.

"They come in my bed, and Dad isn’t there — because he’s too snore-y and stinky, they don’t want to ever get into bed with him."

"and he still doesn't do a better job than our 5-year-old daughter Sasha at making his bed"

I call it like I read it.

I love how the neo conservative buffoons that posted about how McCain calling that kid a jerk was no big deal and telling people to lighten up...yet when an article with the name Obama comes up you all make a big fuss about a light hearted story...You are beginning to become more hypocritical than Larry Craig..

"OK Obama. You're fresh and you have a nice family, and I'm still not voting for you.
Posted By Mary, Beaver, PA : September 7, 2007 11:43 am"

Read : You're still Black and I'm not voting for you.

Obama is no Clinton. Of course they sleep in the same Bed. This is not arranged marriage like Billary Clinton. Please give me a break and get a life. Next question! CNN you can do better than this TMZ crap

It looks as if someone is airing out some dirty laundry. pip. pip.

I'm "stunned" that it is reported she doesn't respect a personal life and a professional life when there is no real hypocrisy here.

Why?

http://PollyTicked.com

Although I won't be voting for Obama, I do like this refreshing context. For those of you that find this not to be newsworthy, I'm sure you must be the ones that follow your gal Hillary's fashion statements and hair style.

Read the Glamour article
She said "when" Dad isn't there.
Hello people... he lives in Washington, DC during the week, and now that he is campaigning I'm sure there are many more mornings, that the Obama family is waking up without there father.

GET A GRIP PEOPLE. This interview was a softball piece in Glamour, and as usual the so called journalist at CNN try to twist it into something more.

It is Mrs Obama not Ms. Obama. I demand an apology from CNN. This is not the first time you making the same mistake. Please get your act together. Barack obama is married to Mitchel Obama and this make her Mrs Obama not Miss Obama. Get it!

He looks like he would be stinky. Let's not stink up the Oval Office!

I want to know if any of the people who are posting how glad they are to know that this potential presidential candidate is "real" are any of the same people who were earlier this morning condemning W. for saying "ass". I believe that I prefer the latter over "snore-y and stinky".

i'm quite confused where people get this idea that they don't sleep in the same bed? i think she's more inferring that he's out of bed first. makes a lot more sense than them not sharing the same bed. if the ignorant ones here had read Obama's The Audacity of Hope, you'd know how much he loves his wife, and how much she supports him in everything he does.

I love Obama.

Does this mean they sleep in separate beds? Doesn't sound like a "real marriage" to me!

Guess old Barrack isn't as clean as Biden says he was after all.

I applaude Ms. Obama, I think she is right in being so frank about her husband, as a man, that is what we want to know, after all, he is human. We as a people put these people on a pestal and forget they are human before candid for president. It is nice to know that she and he are so laid back and no different from me or you. Thanks again, Ms. Obama ,you have my vote and respect! Many, many. THANKS!

Reports out of Washington today suggest that Chelsea Clinton won't get into Hillary's bed in the mornings either for the exact same reason. A spokesman for the Edwards campaign released this brief statement to the press: "Oh my God, TMI, you guys! LOL!" In other news, CNN is officially a joke. We'll have more on that story as it develops.

Sounds to me like they sleep in separate beds!

she's SHERRY PALMER!!!! I don't trust her!!

so he farts in his sleep too huh?

I think in todays world of politicans are bigger than life, her approach is refreshing & honest. DOn't see too much of that today...

I had the pleasure of meeting Michelle Obama in Austin, TX about a month ago. She is one of the most amazing women I have ever met. She' beautiful, intelligent, funny, genuine and extraordinarily kind. She has such a personality, and will be an amazing first lady. Obama '08!

"There's the Barack Obama who sleeps in MY house"?????????

That says everything....

It's because of her that he will not be elected.

I thought it was odd that the headline reads, "Ms. Obama: Barack gets 'stinky.'" That definately makes it seem like the tone of the article is negative, when it's not at all. I'm glad I read the whole thing.

Y'know, I like Barrack Obama, might be inclined to vote for him. But I tire of his wife's ongoing digs against him in public. To the point where it makes me wonder if SHE would be a good First Lady, and whether or not I want to see HER elected to that position. I don't want somebody representing me at the highest levels who thinks it's funny to put men down on an ongoing basis.

You know what, Michelle? It's not funny. We need men need to support women, and you women need to support men. That's the model that carries our culture and our times forward into a good future.

*Of course* you have problems with this or that about Barack. NEWS FLASH: shut yer flippin' trap about it. Thanks!

So the man is normal. If you think the other candidates are any different in their private lives then you are more uninformed than you realize.

Next topic please.

She's beginning to sound jealous of her husband's success – a little too competitive. He always speaks highly of her and she could at least return the favor considering he is running for the Presidential nomination. Sad!

It is hard to find Barack Obama's marriage as "real" and "down to earth" when they don't even share a bed. I don't feel he is ready to be president and no amount of hokey family stories can change the fact that he doesn't have a substantial platform. Sorry, no vote here.

too many of you commenting on this are way too uptight. get off your high horse.

Why is Michelle Obama, legal wife of Sen. Obama referred to as "Ms." Obama, as opposed to "Mrs." Obama? If Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Edwards, and Mrs. Bush are afforded proper titles to convey their married status, shouldn't the same courtesy be extended to Mrs. Obama, a lady of equal stature?

I agree, NOT NEWS, but NOT TMI either. It's universal

Why is it when you say stupid things you are suddenly 'real'? As if having common sense to know some things are just dumb is to be phony and pretentious. Maybe she should dump him for someone who smells better.

Should he come on national TV and talk about her body odor? If he did, would he be 'real', or just a jerk?

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Obama doesn't need any enemies - he has his vicious wife!! Who's campaign is she working for? She's clearly out to de-rail Obama! If you ask me, she's an attention hog and jealous of the light on him!!

Somebody SHUT HER UP!!!

If you are looking for an execuse not to vote for the Obamas, don't let this be your execuse, because it stinks.

IT IS TIME TO FUMIGATE THE WHITE MAN'S HOUSE. SNORE OBAMA SNORE, AND LET THE STINKING WORLD , NOT ONLY HEAR IT, BUT SMELL IT TOO.

Andrea from Atlanta: Read the interview. It doesn't say they are sleeping in separate beds, it says they come in when he's not there. Before the campaign, he was in DC 4 nights a week. Since the campaign, he's barely been home. I am so embarrassed to be commenting on this non issue, I am doing it anonymously. Everyone should get a life or return to their preoccupation with Paris Hilton.

Has anyone watched Mind of Mencia on Comedy Central. It's hilarious. You should all check it out. There's a skit where the Obama's are elected into the White House and it shows how they take over. Michelle goes all ghetto, they paint the White House like purple or something. Snoop Dogg does their inauguration. They turn all the white folks into slaves. I laughed so hard I almost pee my pants. You know...the same way I do everything I see that big eared Bush on TV.

So why is this newsworthy? Or are you just having a slow news day?

I don't find it dignified to give out personal info like this. What does she think, this will endear people to him because he smells?

Step away from the microphone, Michelle

This speaks to the difference of the written word vs. the spoken word. If you had seen any of her videos, she is a great speaker, and she peppers in those personal remarks.

And one of those comments in the Glamour article, which I have not read, was from a NY Times piece last March when she spoke at a fundraiser.

Do yourselves a huge favor, and go to BarackObama.com and watch some of the videos on Michelle.

She's pretty incredible, and I wouldn't label her. She just doesn't fit in any specific category, she is her own person.

Personally, I like her alot, I have met Barack, but not Michelle, and I hope sometime during this campaign I get to meet her.

T.M.I. michelle, T.M.I.

Barack smokes? Isn't that a character flaw? just askin.

Well lets see, everyone that dated Brad Pitt said that he stunk too. But yet he made some really great movies and is now helps those in third world countries. So all it means is that he is real.

I really like this family and I think they would be great in the Whitehouse. It would be like having another Kennedy family. But this is just an added bonus to the great job that I think Obama would do for this country. He still has my vote.

I think it's wonderful for Ms. Obama to "humanize" her husband. The more he sounds like "everyday man" the more his chances of being president, in my humble opinion.......

I taught a Bible Study once where we discussed 'real' marriage....warts and all. The women loved it because we discussed our husbands imperfections AND ours (as limited as they are

Get real America...this is a woman who hasn't spent years putting on a plastic face and talking about how wonderful her philandering husband is. She hasn't had to stand there with a plastic smile as he tries to explain away his inappropriate behavior.

Maybe Michelle Obama can be so honest because she doesn't plan on running fro president one day.

I find it difficult to think of this woman as first lady.

Every candidate is a real person in their private lives. Bill Clinton Plays the saxophone. Mitt Romney jogs. Huckabee plays bass in a band. Are any of these things a news flash? Do I need to know Barack can't put his socks away or that he snores? Next thing you know CNN will be reporting that Barack cleans up after his dog on the weekends. Who cares?

I don't always put my socks away and I'm told I snore sometimes. Does that make me qualified to run for President?

And this is the news CNN chooses to report on. Grow up guys!!

There are important issues Obama is talking about ... how come those don't get mentioned. Me thinks CNN's got a stinky

i don't know anyone including, for sure, Ms bama who has sparkling clean breath in the morning and just because you don't hear her flatulation in the morning does not mean it doesn't happen. What can she possibly think that she does not smell... gimma a break

I don't think that the other wives or husband are blinding adoring. I think they are showing that if their spouse is elected, that they have enough sense to keep their mouth shut. Noone wants a First Lady who can't keep her mouth shut and quit giving TMI. Mrs Obama needs to take a lesson from Hilary, at least she is a real lady, as she showed when she didn't blow up or act out when Bill was caught with his pants down while in office. I have never taken the time to vote in past years, but I will be 40 when the election comes around & I will definitely vote for Hilary, because she is the only real candidate. She is strong, smart, and knows when to keep her mouth shut.

This is real life. This is something that no one can make glamorous. I think Michelle is a down to earth real life mother and wife. I can definately relate to what she is saying.

This is news?

Amy Goodman is one of a handful of real journalists left in this country.

Infotainment propaganda like this is the intellectual equivalent of snorting powdered glass. There are so many real and important issues out there in the world, and CNN insists of using up their bandwidth to share this non-news entertainment.

Good day.

I think he's stinky and snory because he smokes cigarettes..
But I never imagined that a president candidate would be so human... I thought they were all robots made by the CIA. (sarcasm)

...and the point is? America! Wake up! This "could" very well be our next First Lady!

Michelle Obama's comment was un-neccessary and inappropriate. The American people have a right to know about the professional backgrounds of a potential President. But the personal? As Ms. Obama described it? Come on! That's not the public's business – and shouldn't be. The most important issues are a candidate's policy stances, not if he stinks in bed!

Matthew Kennedy

Obama has not achieved that celebrity status yet. Who cares about their personal things? CNN should publish only relevant issues and not these worthless personal matters.

Why are they sleeping in separate beds? Even more to the point, why would she admit as much?

Shouldn't it be Mrs. Obama?

How refreshing! She's right about the typical "blind adoration". Anyone who's seen Laura look at that dimwit husband of hers realizes that!

I can understand that she wants people to see him as a normal-down-to-earth kind of guy, but why in God's green earth we need to know that he stinks and sleep in a different bed?????</b?

WHO CARES?????????

"Ms. Obama"? Not using "Mrs." comes across as either disrespectful or a very strange piece of feminist editorializing by CNN.

I commend her for sending the message that her husband is to her, just that: husband and father; touchable, reachable, ordinary.
That despite all the high profile hype,glamour,and "hub bub" he is just a man, one with morals, principles, ethics, but a REAL person. Good for her for perhaps putting things in perspective. Maybe the next time we discover our leaders are put on display for their mistakes or indescretions we will be a little more tolerant and understanding of there ability to be like all of us,HUMAN!!!!!

It is good to know that they are a REAL American Family.........
Barack Obama DEFINATELY has our vote!!!!

I don't like Obama as president, and only think I like is his wife.

I don't want my son to look up to this Obama presidential candidate, much admired by many, doesnt do his bed, snorey, stinky, a chain smoker, troublesome and considered not impressive by his wife.

If he gets elected, many american boys will have bad personal habits.

I think it's great that Michelle Obama is actually being -real-. Private details about their marriage? haha! Get real people! Dirty socks and a messy bed... Obama is HUMAN! How refreshing.

There are a lot more disturbing things known about certain ex-Presidents. Acting like anything she said is gross and private is a horrible overstatement.

how about telling voters about your husband's experience instead of his bedroom habits?

I'm put off by Michelle's remark "if you can't run your own house, you can't run the White House " . I think it's arrogant of someone whose husband doesn't have much experience to be getting up there using that "preacher's" voice, lecturing us like that. I guess if you don't have credentials to run on, you'll say inane things such as that.

And to think CNN was a respectable media outlet. They're just as bad as the New York Post gossip rag.

How incredibly stupid!

I suppose they couldn't dig up any real dirt (pun intended) so they went with this? Sooooooooo what!

OBAMA '08

I find her refreshing and real. the stories my wife would like to tell!!!

must be a very slow news day.....

CNN's efforts to position Obama negatively are transparent. They post these odd or trivial headlines on the front page, but just try to find any reference to big news such as
"renowned foreign policy expert Zbigniew Brzezinski saying Barack Obama was best suited to lead our country and turn the page on foreign policy." Why didn't they make that a ticker headline? It's obvious and very sad. I've sent them comments about this numerous times, no response of course. They're too busy crafting their "anti-obama" headline of the week and spending even more time dodging the real stuff.

Ok and I'll bet he missed taking out the garbage a few times as well. They are a family and definately far above the Simpsons at that.

Hey, I've reached the point in life where I get up in the morning, our two Siamese cats come up on the bed to be with my wife only if I'm out it. I've stared at myself in the mirror first thing in the morning and I'm not prize either.

Some of the previous posts are pretty far off base and unfair, but Michelle has a right to say what she wants to say. Find something else to complain about.

Dear lord have we become such a reality-tv nation that we need to know THIS about the Obamas??

I want to know Obama's positions on political issues – not positions in bed!

And we wonder why more qualified people don't run for President. I have just one thing to say to Ms. Obama: not everything that pops into your head needs to be spoken out loud.

I don't want to hear his wife tell the world he is stinky. Good Grief. What a difference a bad generation makes.

I wonder what Oprah has to say about the matter? She certainly seems like she'll be spending some time on the trail with Barack:

http://news.aol.com/elections-blog/2007/09/06/the-oprah-factor/

I think it's very refreshing to have a political leader and spouse who are capable of self-criticism. It's time that the Oval Office was occupied by a human and not a political machination. The humanity and humility that Barack and Michelle Obama bring to the table can only strengthen the global diplomacy efforts of which we are so deperately in need.

What an idiot...

Is this really news?!? Why don't you post articles that actually matter?

And this is.......news on CNN? Jeez...talk about job security.

I think they should get an Irish Setter. They not only don't mind stinky things, they love rolling in them.

I'm all for keeping it real...I understand she want to portray another side of him...but in her doing so, she makes it seems as if she is so high and mighty and doesn't have faults...

I think some matters should not be discussed. I can undertand if she says he is human and have faults (but to start pinpointing everything and openly discuss it...I think she needs to rethink about what she is saying.

Corrections:

However, this also make another point that this couple are not scripted. Each and every single words they speak are *NOTP tested by focus groups/polls.

It is great that she is a real down-to-earth person. But just because you and I poo, it does not mean we should all talk about it. You can tell your girlfriend about your husband dirty socks habit, but telling the whole country – a bit too much and a bit inappropriate.

To those with negative comments...pull your big people panties up and get over it. The article was for Glamour magazine not the New York Times. Can't we have real people make real comments in high office for once? The fact that both Michelle and Barack are just like most of us is what's so refreshing. It just shows how in touch they are with the real people of this country.
He's got my vote.

I don't know about Barack...but I like his wife already.

She obviously does not want her husband to be president. I'm all for real, but a vision of the 60's bumbling oaf husband or the Simpson's dad will never get elected. What's next – his sexual performance? A video of him on the toilet? He is a dream come true. She is his downfall.

Geez. I'm glad CNN is covering such important, noteworthy topics.

I support Senator Obama for what he stands for on all major domestic and foreign policy issues. But I recognize that he is just another human being with his own flaws and imperfections. I believe that's the point Mrs. Obama is trying to make that Obama should not be percieved as a superman or anything like that. However, I do think that what happens in her bedroom or whether he is sonrey or not is not relevant to his candidacy for the president. So she does not have to provide this much details. Mrs. Obama could find other examples to make her point. I also don't like the fact that some times she gets too excited and speak with a sharp pointed finger in the air. She can avoid that as well. These are trivial things for any regular people like this couple is but attention to small details do matter in a highly competitive race like this one.

However, this also make another point that this couple are not scripted. Each and every single words they speak are tested by focus groups/polls. Obama was not planning to run for this office for years either like his chief rivals. So he or she will make mistakes here and there in the campaign trail. That's part of the process.

CNN buddies should find something more important, something more news worthy, something with more impact on people's lives. Why not do a research and publish an article comparing each major candidates on each major domestic or international issues. Why not educate people with right information so that they can use their own judgment to choose the right candidate as opposed to making headlines on trivial issues and making the presidential primary process a JOKE!

I love the fact that this candidate is real and so is his wife. Times are changing and people don't want stiff presidents or wives. They want real people not people that do not know what a mistake is.

Hmm... I wonder what she'd say to presidents of other countries.

I think it's great that she is a normal, every day woman, but personally, the First Lady should be a little more candid when it comes to speaking about her husband, the President.

I just don't see her as a First Lady, but that could be because I view First Ladies as those of the past.

too much information.....but why is CNN even reporting such nonsense.

While I likely won't vote for her husband, I like this woman. I like her a lot.

Voices her opinion, warts and all. That's a welcome change in a candidate's spouse.

Michelle Obama: The Anti-Stepford Wife

My daughter has the same reasons for pushing away my husband sometimes. I think its funny & cute. I mean we are talking about the children for this point and that seems to mean he has real children as well as a real marriage.

I don't know about voting for him yet but I remember one of the reasons southerners didn't vote for Kerry was "he didn't seem like the kind of guy who would walk down main street and relate to us".

did it ever occur to you knuckleheads she said it to "appear" more human? never trust politicians!!!

They're liberal democrats... 'Mrs.' is just too paternalistic and chauvinistic. We're beginning a new chapter in herstory!

In all seriousness, I wouldn't doubt it if it was a political/PR move to show that the Obamas represent feminism (to counter Clinton) and the "black community".

The fact that CNN or any news source, reports this as news or thinks this is scandalous in any way is hilarious. it just goes to show any reasonable person how rediculous and sad our news media is.

That's disgusting and irrelevant information.

It's great to hear that the person we see on tv, the person we admire and look to as the hope for better leadership, is human after all, with faults just like the rest of us when it comes to chores!

I think its great. Despite my differences with the politician side of Mr. Obama, it would seem that we are quite the same on the human side.

barack obama is human? he had me fooled, i thought he was a superhero!

Obama 08

If these comments were "too much information," as the author of this article said, then why did CNN feel the need to spread it around on the Ticker?

I agree with those who say this blog has become too mindless.

Yikes....do we really need to know this stuff! I can't imagine what we will be told as this campaign continues.

Just like working in the office, and hearing the women talk about their husbands and children. "No stone left unturned." Men, beware! They can't shut up, not even to strangers, definitely not to their friends. Nothing is sacred, and everthing will be fair game.

I think Michelle Obama is as real as they come. She has clear goals and guidelines for their daughters' lives. That will serve them far more in life than being on the campaign trail with their father every day. That is not to be interpreted as a swipe at John Edwards and how their family is campaigning. Senator and Mrs. Obama have given me the distinct impression that he is the one running for president and she is supporting his candidacy as his wife. Their daughters aren't running for first kids. While she says her role as his wife isn't one of "blind adoration", her adoration, respect, and support for her husband shows through her truthfulness.

Good article...but why are you called her Ms. Obama? Shouldn't it be "Mrs."?

A presidential candidate's wife is telling that her husband fails to put dirty socks in a hamper? She is batty to believe that she is positively distinguishing herself by divulging private details of their marriage. It's also dim-witted to write off other politicians' wives as 'blindly adoring' their husbands because she is comparing these women to dogs. How offensive! I hope Barack isn't anything like his wife.

How refreshing to have REAL people running for office! I applaud Michelle Obama's genuineness and I think she'd make a great First Lady. I'm tired of all the candidates who are only willing to show a fake, polished side of themselves. With those men/women, you don't know what you're going to get.

Is she stupid or what? She just might drag his candidacy down. I think he can be phenomenal but dumb talk like this will destroy his image

Yes Michelle, we all are snore-y & stinky in the morning. And we all fart too. Does that mean you should bring that up in a political discussion??
Grow some brain cells & learn diplomacy.

I like that she does this – she's a real person and isn't afraid to show it. She's not some perfectly coifed automaton that stands behind her husband with a fake smile and a thousand-yard stare like every other wife. I feel like I could have a conversation with her and it would be straight-up and real, not something that a Karl Rove clone scripted for her.

Mind you, I don't know if that counts for or against you when you're trying to get elected – a Stepford wife with a frozen smile and empty eyes is the standard. I'm a female voter and Barack Obama's down-to-earth wife tells me a lot of good things about the man himself. He's got my vote.

Finally a woman, wife, that is real!

You go gal!
What else to talk about. I just think you are so intelligent.....I adore you and for sure don't know how you manage it all from professional carreer, kids a husband to a family.....YOu are example to many of us.

Cute, but I thought this was supposed to be a section of CNN that talks about politics. Why is this here?

She was interviewed by Glamour magazine, give me a break! There's so much more to report on – just today Nielsen reported that Obama's website gets more unique users than any other candidate. That's something interesting to talk about.

Plus, this ticker post is virtually the same as the one posted yesterday on the NYTimes Caucus. Just FYI – nice reporting CNN.

This is kind of nice to read about. He isn't a cheating liar who chases interns, commits sexual assaults and has to pay people off.

Nope, just a good old fashioned wife and husband who love each other and respect each other enough not too stray,lie or cheat.

That's why I respect the Romney's and Edwards's as well for being loving and loyal throughout the years.

If these are considered family values, more power to them.

Unlike others who appear to only "be together" for power only.

Make note of the difference in how the couples interact with each other, it is striking if your not jaded by revisionist history.

Even his wife is refreshing.

Real people.

Pretty damn neat.

"Ms. Obama details her two girls' morning ritual, a time, she says, when her husband Barack is often "snore-y and stinky".

TMI, Michelle, TMI!!! I like the lady just fine, but that's more info. than I care to know about any presidential candidate. I don't need to know whether Hillary hogs all the covers or whether Romney wears his make-up to bed, etc.

I think this is great. Enough of the phoniness in Washington; I'm tired of it. This is real. I think Barack gets at what the people want, I really do.

Who cares about this stupid blog? I hope he wins he will get the job done. Definately better than Hillary, she is merely pretending. Obama I think is serious about making radical change. The International leaders of the world will work with him. Not Hillary and not the Republicans. Obama!

I think Michelle is actually doing her husband a service–she's pointing out that's he's a living, breathing, flawed human being. No one is perfect and if a candidate claimed to be I'd hope this country would have the sense to not elect them!

No one cares about Michelle or Barack's details. Stop posting stupid things like this on CNN website.

OH my GOSH!!

CNN does it yet again. lol what wasn't needed about that? Speak for yourself and not for others how bout that! You should have kept that story to yourself. I read the entire interview and it was nothing short of an innocent interview into who Mrs.Obama is and her role with this campaign. Please.

OK Obama. You're fresh and you have a nice family, and I'm still not voting for you.

I like her – she's down to earth and not haughty as most politicians' wives are.

Michelle, I find you extremely annoying. The less you say the better.

By the way, I don't think either of you are up for the job of running this country!

Obama's candidacy has been a great promotional tool for Ms. Obama – finally, the media attention she deserves and has been waiting for!!!

I don't know why this is getting in the news. It is just tabloid gossip stuff. Why do it unless you are trying to take down a particular candidate. Does CNN write about Clinton this way? No. CNN gives Clinton the pass. There is lots of gossip about her that never gets mentioned. This was an interview for Glamour magazine. This is the type of stuff those magazines write about. That the news channels pick it up shows you how far our news media has fallen.

I think it's kind of cute... It's nice to know something about the potential First Family.

It is clearly noted that Michelle Obama is Barack's wife yet you use Ms. and not Mrs.in this commentary, why is that? That is another subliminal message that is being sent out, with no backlash, that African-Americans do not and are not married. Way to go CNN!!!!!!!!!!
The terminology is Mrs. Obama, but you choose to use Ms. Obama on three separate occasions in the commentary. I expected better from CNN!

Thank the lord for honest people telling it like it is! People will like Barrack more because he is more like us!

I would vote for him!!