Michelle Obama Hits Back
"In the past week or two, another candidate's spouse has been getting an awful lot of attention.
We knew getting into this race that Barack would be competing with Senator Clinton and President Clinton at the same time.
We expected that Bill Clinton would tout his record from the nineties and talk about Hillary's role in his past success. That's a fair approach and a challenge we are prepared to face.
What we didn't expect, at least not from our fellow Democrats, are the win-at-all-costs tactics we've seen recently. We didn't expect misleading accusations that willfully distort Barack's record.
Barack Obama isn't relying on a former President of the United States to campaign for him.
He's relying on us -- you, me, and hundreds of thousands of people like us who are giving whatever they can afford to support this movement."
More, from the fundraising appeal: "We've seen disingenuous attacks and smear tactics turn people off from the political process for too long, and enough is enough.
It's time for a change. It's time for a new kind of leadership and a new kind of politics in our party and in our country.
And while Senator Clinton has a former president in her corner, I'll put my faith in a movement of a whole lot of people who are ready for change."
In the last Democratic debate, Barack Obama responded to comments by Bill Clinton by saying, "I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes." Hillary Clinton shot back, "I think we both have very passionate and committed spouses who stand up for us. And I'm proud of that." Michelle Obama has maintained that she won't engage in the political debate in the past, but maybe she took Clinton's comments as a green-light to "stand up" for her man.