By Adam Howard
First lady Michelle Obama's emotional and expertly delivered address at the Democratic National Convention on Monday is receiving near-universal praise,
and it also may have more effectively made the case for Hillary
Clinton's candidacy than the presumptive nominee has herself to date.
The first lady has come a long way from getting caricatured as an unpatriotic militant who engaged in "terrorist fist bumps." When her husband was seeking a first term as president in 2008, her approval rating was just 43 percent that summer, and there were some pundits who even viewed her as a liability
for the ticket. But by the time President Obama was sworn in and in the
years since, her popularity has skyrocketed (she's reached 79 percent approval), even as her husband's has fluctuated.
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Source: NBC News
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