Barack Obama inauguration: Michelle Obama profile - Telegraph

Barack Obama inauguration: Michelle Obama profile - Telegraph: "Barack Obama inauguration: Michelle Obama profile
Back in the summer, when there was still everything to play for, Barack Obama said that if he thought his presidential candidacy would ruin his family, he wouldn't stand.
By Elizabeth Grice 9:00PM GMT 20 Jan 2009
His daughters had a wonderful life in Chicago, he added with the caution of a man hedging his bets, 'so I'm sure there's a part of them that won't be heartbroken if things don't work out'.

Barack Obama's daughters Malia and Sasha (right). Mr Obama said he wouldn't run for president if it would ruin his family life.
But his wife, Michelle, prompted by the early-morning chatter of Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven, as they crept into their parents' bed, was being pushed towards a different possibility. After months of gruelling campaigning, things were starting to 'work out' in spectacular fashion. 'We talk about Daddy being President,' she said, 'about adolescence, about the questions they have.' One of those childish questions, to which neither of the Obamas had a satisfactory answer, was: 'What is it like to live in the White House?'"