This is snark, right?

God knows, Pennsylvanians sit on the edge of their seats waiting to watch Colbert.  Doesn't everybody in the country?

Thanks for a positive diary on Michelle Obama, happily recommended. If you find clips of her on the Colbert Show or any speeches she's been making in PA that you referenced, it would be great to have them in the diary.

And kudos for mentioning the truly bizarre liquor laws in PA!

Anyone that compares Michelle Obama to Jackie Kennedy must be high on life.

Did you actually watch the show? I'll tune in, it would be nice to see that woman smiling and happy.

No doubt, soon you'll be another one of those amazing people  screennames who switch from Hillary to Obama, and get promoted to sainthood at the evil Orange site.

Am I right, or am I right?

I must say, you're really not very good at this compared to some others.

If Michelle Obama is Jackie Kennedy, Hillary is Mother Teresa give me a break

I look forward to watching.

She nailed the appearance but that won't change the underlying fundamentals of the state, maybe it was good for .5% of the vote, but certainly not the 10% that the difference is.

I really hate it when people compare Michelle and Barack Obama to Jackie and John F. Kennedy. I mean come on, JFK was killed when he was President, JFK actually did something for this world. Just because they were both inspirational politicians is not grounds for such a comparison. The same goes for people who say Clinton could be the next FDR.

But you gotta call a win a win. I'm a betting man whose never been down in the Atlantic City slots.

I love Hillary but Obama will win PA.

What ever happened to objectivity?

but I can sort of understand how a strong, independent, accomplished, female partner who is able to charmingly temper the mis-speaks of her husband while affirming his positions, and who (dare I say it) dresses well, could sway some of the female voters who see Hillary as the fortunate wife of a former President.  And in PA, surely some of that "stand by your man" mentality exists in the female voting population.

From what little I've seen of her, Michelle Obama ain't no Jackie Kennedy, but then this ain't 1960 either.

Nah, this is snark.

I lived in Canada. On a trip into New York State I was amazed and appalled to see snarky and critical sleazy items for sale featuring the Kennedys that were similar to the Hillary nutcracker. The Kennedys weren't treated like saints then - they had the same type of hatred directed at them that the Clintons do now. Remember JFK was warned not to go to Dallas.

Now, of course, the legend is that it was Camelot and they were universally loved. One of the amazing things of growing older is watching history continually being rewritten.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7AqmLH9z9Qw

Yea I cam just imagine Jackie coming out and saying she wouldn't vote for the democratic nominee if her husband lost the primary. Oh wait I only remember pictures of the nice little wifey standing behind her man (which by the way is how americans want to see their first lady-seen but not heard) And I can really see Jackie saying how she has never been proud of america until now. Yup that is prime first lady material there.

Oh and you must have missed the nasty attack on the "family values" of the Clintons that Michelle made. Hmmm I seem to remember that Jackie had a wandering husband too. And I guess standing by your man is not a family value......

"Part of what we want to do as a family...is to model what it means to have family values in this country and we haven't seen that for a long time...one of the most important things that we need to know about the next President of the United States is, is he somebody that shares our values? Is he somebody that respects family? Is he a good and decent person? So our view was that, if you can't run your own house, you certainly can't run the White House."

but PA is not "won" for Obama, and doubtful he can "win" the state, but he has certainly closed the gap there in recent weeks.  

Most of my relatives in PA don't have cable, don't watch many of the TV news or comedy shows, and are voting on issues around the economy, and the war.  Some are voting for Hillary, some for Obama, and we even have 2 (ugh) Republicans in the family.  

I saw it and though she was charming and funny.  I think the only way it could help Obama, though, is with people who thought they didn't like her and therefore didn't want her as first lady. That would probably be an unconscious reason since no one would actually vote based on that. But then they see her being pleasant and first lady-like wearing a Jackie O dress and think maybe Obama is OK. It could help a little, probably not much.