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Michelle Obama – The New Secret Weapon on Health Care?

Friday, September 25, 2009

In the battle for health care reform, the White House has unleashed its new secret weapon — Michelle Obama! She gave an amazingly inspired speech to the White House Council on Women and Girls last week. The First Lady shared …

Are Michelle Obama and Corporations on the Same Page for Working Families?

Friday, May 15, 2009

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We don’t need any more studies, discussions or navel-gazing about whether things need to change for working parents, especially working moms, when it comes to sick leave, flex-time or child care. Parents are struggling to manage family obligations and keep …

Are You More Interested In Michelle Obama’s Fashion or Her Works?

Friday, May 8, 2009

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What’s more important — whether FLOTUS Michelle Obama spends time with Congressional wives at a food bank to help feed the homeless or that she decided to break out her designer sneaks for the occasion? The media have decided the …

G-20 — The More Things Change, ….

Monday, April 6, 2009

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Here are the spouses of the G20 leaders. Well, the wives of the male leaders, that is. There are actually two women leaders in the G20 — Angela Merkel of Germany and Cristina Kirchner of Argentina. So, why aren’t …

Michelle Obama’s Story is Mine. And Yours.

Monday, April 6, 2009

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As many news reports have pointed out, the world is going gaga for Michelle Obama and this time it’s about more than her J. Crew cardigans. Girls are listening with rapt attention to her working-class story that reporters are calling …

Every Mom Can be a Mom-in-Chief

Saturday, February 28, 2009

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Michelle Obama has proudly proclaimed that during her husband’s tenure as President, she is going to be “Mom-in-Chief.” Now, with a little help from author Jamie Woolf, we can all figure out how to be the Mom-in-Chief of our own …

First Day of School Neighborhood Tips for the Obamas

Monday, January 5, 2009

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Dear Michelle & Barack, You must be so excited about Malia and Sasha having their first day of school at Sidwell Friends. Aside from it being a prestigious school, the lower and upper school campuses are really lovely. No, PunditGirl …

PunditMom’s Monday Morning Quick Hits — Economy & More

Monday, November 24, 2008

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Another weekend, another bailout. Did you see this one coming with Citigroup? Barack Obama’s economic team gets announced today at noon. Howard Kurtz apparently has a thing for Michelle Obama’s arms. You thought I was crazy raising the specter …

PunditMom’s Thursday Quick Hits

Thursday, November 20, 2008

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Happy Thursday, all! I had a great conversation this morning at PunditMom Radio with Jaelithe from The State of Discontent & MOMocrats, as well as Liz Mair from the RNC. You may have heard that the State of Missouri …

PunditMom’s Tuesday Quick Hits!

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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Motrin and Johnson & Johnson have learned the power of women and social media the hard way. The Democrats wimped out and let Joe Lieberman keep his Senate committee chairmanship and caucus rights. Michelle Obama is taking a second look …

Will Michelle Obama Spark the Next ‘Mommy Wars’ Skirmish?

Friday, November 14, 2008

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Loads of media types are already wondering aloud, what kind of parents the Obamas will be. For me, that question is sort of silly — won’t they continue to be the same kind of parents they’ve always been? My …

Is Michelle Obama Ready for All the Parenting Advice?

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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The Obamas were pretty successful through the presidential campaign keeping one kind of criticism at bay– whether Michelle was home enough as a mom and who was caring for the kids. The few times that Sasha and Malia Obama were …