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Michelle Obama Speech- The 2008 Democratic Convention was kicked off when the wife of the possible future President gave here speech. This Michelle Obama convention speech was highly anticipated by the crowd that gathered to hear her live, and a national television audience. The following is a glimpse of what is being said about the Michelle Obama speech around the net:

AP
It was Michelle Obama's speech, but her husband said it highlighted one of his attributes — one he says voters should want in a president."Now you know why I asked her out so many times, even though she said no," Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee-in-waiting, told delegates by satellite Monday night after she delivered the first major speech of the Democratic convention.
Afterward, their daughters — Sasha and Malia — joined her on stage and Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" blared from the convention hall. Microphone in hand, the girls began smiling and waving at their father after his familiar face popped up on a large screen erected on stage.
"How about that Michelle Obama?" Barack Obama said. He told her: "You were unbelievable."
"You also look very cute," he said.
Anyone who travels as much as Obama does can get confused about where they are on any given night, and Obama is no exception. He mistakenly said he had watched the speech at the home of a St. Louis family — despite the cue card affixed to the camera as a reminder that he was actually 230 miles away in Kansas City, Mo., where had scheduled a campaign appearance Tuesday.
Sensing the flub, 7-year-old Sasha apparently was prompted to ask: "Daddy, what city are you in?"
"I'm in Kansas City, sweetie."
Obama asked their opinion of their mother's performance and it was unanimous. Both thought she "did good."
After several "I love yous" and Sasha — the hammier sister — blew her dad a kiss, he signed off for the night.
"Listen, I want you guys to look after the girls, look after mommy before I get there and I'll see you guys on Thursday, all right," he said. "Love you guys."
"You notice my younger daughter is the ham," he said.
"She was unbelievable. But I'm not surprised. When she does something, she does it well," he said of Michelle. "She told her story. It's a story that a lot of families can relate to. Her dad struggled, worked hard. And here, his daughter, is addressing the nation."
Barack Obama closes the convention Thursday night with his acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High.



ABC
"People who work the day shift, kiss their kids goodnight, and head out for the night shift – without disappointment, without regret – that goodnight kiss a reminder of everything they're working for. The military families who say grace each night with an empty seat at the table. The servicemen and women who love this country so much, they leave those they love most to defend it. The young people across America serving our communities – teaching children, cleaning up neighborhoods, caring for the least among us each and every day…All of us driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won't do – that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.
"So tonight, in honor of my father's memory and my daughters' future – out of gratitude to those whose triumphs we mark this week, and those whose everyday sacrifices have brought us to this moment – let us devote ourselves to finishing their work; let us work together to fulfill their hopes; and let us stand together to elect Barack Obama President of the United States of America."

Wired
Obama used the occasion to portray herself and her family as just the family-next-door, but she also deliberately intertwined her words with those of her husband's. She used phrases that he has used on the campaign trail, for example referring to the family's arrival at the convention as an "improbable journey."
Introducing herself to the world, and to Americans at large, Obama described herself as "a wife who loves my husband and believes he will be an extraordinary president," and as a "Mom whose girls are the heart of my heart and the center of my world -- they're the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning, and the last thing I think about when I go to bed at night."
The speech was part inspirational, and part sales-pitch: It was clearly designed to engender a feeling of connectedness -- and perhaps because Twitter enables people to respond almost spontaneously, the initial feedback to it was voluminous and emotional.



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