In the comments section of the mail-generating post, reader Bender links to this interview with Michelle Obama in which she tells Soledad O’ Brien:
I am a mother first. Where do I get my joy and energy? First and foremost, from my kids.
In the midst of this campaign, what I’ve done is I don’t campaign every day. I’m not gone for weeks on end. I will not go on a trip that will have me away for more than two days. And the campaign has understood that. I’m not going to miss a ballet recital. I’m not going to make them move their world around to accommodate me and Barack. We have to do the accommodating.
Thinking about it, I commented to Bender that of all the candidates and their spouses, the Obama’s are the only one’s I think I’d really enjoy sitting down to a meal with. Then, perhaps the Romney’s. But first, the Obama’s by far.
Which candidate and their spouse would you want to share a meal with, say in your backyard?







