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Portraitof the Obamas
Author describes
couple as ‘Rock-solid’
As Barack and Michelle Obama cel
ebrate their 17th anniversary this month -
their First as President and First Lady, No.
1 New York Times bestselling author Chris
topher Andersen claims they are "the most
real, d o w n -to -earth , q u in tessen tially
American First Couple we've ever had in
the White House. Whatever your politics,
it's almost impossible not to admire them
on a personal level."
Andersen should know. Among his 29
books and 13 New York Times bestsellers
are three books about presidential mar
riages: Jack and Jackie, Bill and Hillary, and
George and Laura.
In Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an
American Marriage, Andersen draws on
important sources-som e speaking for the
first tim e-to paint a glowing picture of the
Obamas as two people who have come
through rough times early in their marriage
to form an enduring personal and political
partnership.
"It's a real love story, no doubt about
it," says Andersen, "and it differs from
other presidential marriages because there
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PORTRAIT OF
AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE
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is no tension simmering beneath the sur
face. They are not rivals for power, like Bill
and Hillary Clinton were. There is no sense
that one is eclipsing or smothering the
other. They are equal partners in this, and
their friends tell me that their marriage has
gotten even stronger since they moved
into the White House."
Things were not always so rosy. Both
the President and First Lady have spoken
openly about the days when he was in the
Illinois Senate and spending four nights a
week away from home, leaving Michelle
alone to take care of their two small daugh
ters Malia and Sasha.
Andersen points to the night in Sep
tember 2001 when the Obama's younger
daughter Sasha, then just three months
old, was stricken with spinal meningitis,
as a "pivotal moment in their marriage.
They stayed at her bedside in the hospital
for 72 hours straight until she was out of
danger. Michelle said it was a nightmare,
but the experience brought them close to
gether than they had ever been."
In Barack and Michelle, Andersen also
credits Michelle with convincing her hus
band to adopt the "Yes We Can" slogan,
which he initially rejected, and having a
major say in picking Joe Biden over Hillary
Clinton as his running mate. "Do you re
ally want Bill and Hillary down the hall
from you in the White House?" the book
quotes M ichelle as saying to Barack.
"Could you live with that?"
Says Andersen, "The President has said
she is his chief counsel and advisor, that
he wouldn't make a big decision without
first asking her opinion. M ichelle's no
H illary-she doesn't want to be 'co-presi
dent'—but she does have major say in the
White House."
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