Meet Obama's mother-in-law.

[Drunken Irishman]

This is a nice story about Michelle's mother, who watches over the kids while the two campaign.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/03/30/holding_down_the_obama_family_fort/?p1=email_to_a_friend

:)

[Scurrilous]

1. Thanks for posting this.

K & R :thumbsup:

[liberaldem4ever]

2. She sounds so sweet

Listening to her makes me miss my grandmas who have passed away.

[polichick]

3. Thank-you, I was wondering about her...

Michelle's voice is a younger version of hers ~ cool lady!

[eleny]

4. Thanks for posting - it was such a feel-good moment

I really enjoyed the video of still photos accompanied by the audio. k&r with a smile.

[grantcart]

5. thanks

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

6. Thanks, great article and great video.

It's fascinating to learn about the extended family. She might be staying in the Lincoln Bedroom before too long! :D

[TwilightGardener]

7. I'm sure a Hillary supporter will be along to mock Michelle's insistence

on organic and nutritious food ("what a moonbat hippie elitist!"), because that's what a right-winger would do--that's how Hillbots attack Obama: from the right. Even if it's a position they personally agree with or don't find personally offensive.

[uponit7771]

8. They sound like such a grounded family, I think I can have a beer with the guy AND he's smart too

[applegrove]

9. Cool mom!

[Cha]

10. This is a great high profile example of what loving grandmothers

and grandfathers do for the family unit.

"I am standing here breathing in and out with any level of calm because my 70-year-old is home with my girls," Michelle, 44, told voters in Chillicothe, Ohio, late last month, on one of the dozens of campaign trips she has made in recent months. "There's nothing like grandma."

Indeed, it is hardly clear Barack Obama would be running - or that his wife would let him - were his mother-in-law not in the picture.

"I'm not sure we could do it," he said in an interview. "I'm not sure Michelle would have felt comfortable with it, and I probably would have agreed with her."Continued...

The support Robinson provides, he said, has helped the family survive his transition to national politics.

"One of the best decisions we made when I was elected to the Senate was that we wouldn't move from Chicago. A big reason for that was that Marian lived 10 minutes away," he said. "She loved nothing more than to spend time with her grandkids."

[ClayZ]

11. Yay for Grandma! K and R

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

12. "Typical Grandma " LOL

Strict when raising their own kids then a big softie with the grandkids.

What a wonderful, all-American family the Robinson/Obama clan is !

[npincus]

13. great video and aticle- wow, Michele is a strict mom!

Props to her.