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I think I'm listening to Talking Politics and Law and one of the people talking said that Michelle Obama has been kept out of Obama's campaign for the last month. I went to Lexis-Nexis and found, as I expected, that this is another false claim.

Chicago Tribune (Illinois)
April 20, 2008 Sunday
Michelle Obama's mission: Show voters humble roots
BYLINE: Christi Parsons, Chicago TribuneS
ECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS
LENGTH: 1351 words
Apr. 20--YORK, Pa. -- YORK, Pa. -- Michelle Obama is pretending to take a call, thumb and pinkie finger up to her face, telling how she and her husband used to get calls from loan debt agents not that long ago.
"I remember those days clearly, sweating to get that mail," she said. "That collection agency, the loan debt people calling you telling you that you've got a few more days before you're in trouble."
Heads nod, and cries of "I know" and "That's right" erupt throughout her audience, a crowded theater of people who have turned out to see her speak on behalf of her presidential-candidate husband.

The Associated Press State & Local Wire
April 17, 2008 Thursday 2:49 AM GMT Obama's wife attends rallies in IndianaSECTION: POLITICAL NEWSLENGTH: 572 wordsDATELINE: INDIANAPOLIS
Michelle Obama fought back Wednesday against criticism that her husband is elitist, painting the presidential candidate as an ordinary man whose family once lived on food stamps and saying they both understand the plight of working America.
"He reached out to regular folks," she told a crowd of about 700 people at a westside Indianapolis middle school, the second stop of a three-city Indiana campaign swing ahead of the state's May 6 primary.
The York Dispatch (Pennsylvania)

April 14, 2008 Monday

Details on Michelle's visit to York
BYLINE: BROCK PARKER -- The York Dispatch
SECTION: LOCAL
LENGTH: 122 words


Michelle Obama, wife of presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, will appear Tuesday at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York City.

She will be campaigning for her husband at an 11:45 a.m. community event at the Strand-Capitol, 50 N. George St., according to Obama's campaign.

UPI

April 9, 2008 Wednesday 7:47 PM EST

Michelle Obama draws crowd in Raleigh

LENGTH: 182 words

DATELINE: RALEIGH, N.C., April 9


Barack Obama's wife, Michelle Obama, Wednesday defended the Democratic presidential hopeful against charges he lacks experience to lead the United States.

Speaking to a crowd of 5,700 at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, N.C., Michelle Obama
said her husband has the experience, temperament and intellect to be president, The Raleigh News & Observer reported.