She's Barack's mate in politics, marriage and life. And she knows how to get press.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 1:25:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43026/fellow-black-woman-hails-michelles-butt.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAmong the top qualities Michelle Obama brings to the White House is a “class-A boo-tay,” Erin Aubry Kaplan writes in Salon, hailing an era in which black women (like herself) no longer have to cover up their, er, assets. Too occupied with her words during the campaign, Kaplan “hardly looked south” to notice Michelle’s curves: “Talk about a power base.”http://www.newser.com/story/43026/fellow-black-woman-hails-michelles-butt.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 18 Nov 2008 13:49:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43019/obama-girls-visit-dc-schools.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSasha and Malia Obama visited their mother's shortlist of Washington schools today, the AP reports. Reporters scoured the Beltway for signs of their motorcade, making a possible sighting outside the diverse Georgetown Day School. Chelsea Clinton's alma mater, Sidwell Friends, is also expected to be an option, as are DC's public schools.http://www.newser.com/story/43019/obama-girls-visit-dc-schools.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 18 Nov 2008 11:37:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42444/first-mom-in-law-moving-to-dc.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMichelle Obama's mother has agreed to make the move from Chicago to the capital to help America's next first family look after the kids, the Washington Post reports. No word yet on whether Marian Robinson will live in the White House, but it will be the first time in living memory three generations of a presidential family have moved to the capital.http://www.newser.com/story/42444/first-mom-in-law-moving-to-dc.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 12 Nov 2008 4:13:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42299/michelle-gets-the-lowdown.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe first lady gave her successor some tips on White House living during the Obamas' visit yesterday, and the moms discussed the difficulties of raising daughters in the fishbowl environment, Reuters reports. Laura Bush, meeting Michelle Obama for the first time, showed her around every room of the Obamas' future home, paying particular attention to the likely bedrooms of Malia and Sasha.http://www.newser.com/story/42299/michelle-gets-the-lowdown.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 10 Nov 2008 23:12:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42253/dc-schools-compete-for-first-daughters.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAs the Obamas head to Washington, the locals are abuzz about which private school might land first daughters Malia and Sasha. The Quaker school Sidwell Friends, Chelsea Clinton's alma mater, offers a host of big Beltway names, including some Biden grandkids. But many of them are Clintonites. “Imagine the tension on back-to-school night” when the Obamas would see former Hillary strategist Mark Penn, writes Gabriel Sherman for the Atlantic .http://www.newser.com/story/42253/dc-schools-compete-for-first-daughters.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 10 Nov 2008 10:23:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42062/hes-got-a-crush-on-obama-michelle.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWell, this could get awkward: Joe Biden has a thing for an Obama, and not the one you might think. “I like him,” the VP-elect told a USA Today reporter who ran across him at a Chicago hotel gym today. “I love her.” Biden, who said he was hitting the health club because he packed on 6 pounds campaigning, also called Michelle Obama “the most impressive person I've met in 35 years.”http://www.newser.com/story/42062/hes-got-a-crush-on-obama-michelle.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 07 Nov 2008 14:16:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41990/how-he-almost-didnt-run.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama needed months to be persuaded that he should run for the White House, and wife Michelle, who had veto power, finally agreed on one condition: that he give up smoking. The tidbit appears in Part 1 of a seven-installment Newsweek series reported along the campaign trail on the condition that it be embargoed until after the election.http://www.newser.com/story/41990/how-he-almost-didnt-run.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 07 Nov 2008 7:52:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41898/spotlight-on-michelles-style.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Narciso Rodriguez sheath Michelle Obama chose for election night has set the fashion world abuzz. The black-and-red dress—a less revealing adaptation of a frock from the American designer’s spring 2009 runway collection—was "a breath of chic air," LA Times fashion critic Booth Moore writes. But she's in the minority, says Ruth La Ferla of the New York Times .http://www.newser.com/story/41898/spotlight-on-michelles-style.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 06 Nov 2008 8:01:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41938/laura-invites-obamas-over-to-the-house.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAt Laura Bush’s invitation, Michelle Obama will visit the White House on Monday, along with that guy who got elected Tuesday, to scope out the new residence, the Washington Post reports. The first-lady-to-be thanked Bush for helping her during the transition, after a campaign in which Obama hailed the first lady as a role model, and Bush defended Obama from criticism over various remarks.http://www.newser.com/story/41938/laura-invites-obamas-over-to-the-house.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 06 Nov 2008 11:32:07 CST