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02-19-2008, 10:02 AM
Boston Herald (http://news.bostonherald.com/news/2008/view.bg?articleid=1074519)





Michelle Obama finally proud of America
By Mike Underwood
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - Updated 7h ago
Michelle Obama proclaimed yesterday that for “the first time” in her adult life,” she was proud of America, as she spoke during a rally to support her husband’s presidential bid.

While Barack Obama spent yesterday deflecting accusations from Hillary Clinton’s campaign of “plagiarizing” part of a speech delivered in 2006 by Bay State Gov. Deval Patrick (http://news.bostonherald.com/search/?keyword=Deval+Patrick&searchSite=pubdate), Mrs. Obama made her own headlines.

“Hope is making a comeback and, let me tell you, for the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country. Not just because Barack is doing well, but I think people are hungry for change,” she said during a rally in downtown Milwaukee.

“I have seen people who are hungry to be unified around some basic common issues and it has made me proud,” she told supporters.

Mrs. Obama was speaking as her husband and Clinton took their Democratic rivalry across icy Wisconsin ahead of today’s primary.

With polls putting the pair almost neck-and-neck, Clinton’s campaign unveiled a new weapon: a 13-page pamphlet outlining her policies on fixing the economy.

Meanwhile, Obama, who spent the first part of his day in Ohio - a key state in the March 4 primaries, stressed the same theme.

Both candidates are searching for momentum in Wisconsin ahead of the March 4 contests in Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island.

Also vying for Wisconsin Tuesday are Republicans John McCain and Mike Huckabee.

McCain’s biggest challenge is avoiding embarrassment, with polls showing Huckabee within striking distance in Wisconsin despite McCain’s huge lead nationally.