Michelle Obama Verses Bill Clinton

Obama's wife takes on Bill Clinton

Whoever said only the Clintons can run for President of the United States as a couple?  Sure Bill Clinton was President before and his wife is the favorite to win by a somewhat precarious margin.  Enter Michelle Obama.

It's not as if Barack Obama is a single man (though many of the females out there probably wishes he were).  Michelle has spoken on his behalf on numerous occasions.  She could even make a better First Lady than Bill (sorry, we couldn't resist that one). 

Yeah, no matter who wins the Democratic nomination, one thing we know already is we'll be getting one of the best first ladies or - in Bill Clinton's case - first men.

Michelle Obama countered increasingly fierce criticism from Hillary Clinton's campaign on Wednesday in an impassioned speech at a Greenville restaurant, defending Barack Obama's votes in the Illinois Senate, his experience and his ability to stand tough to Republicans.

"The one thing that is clear is that when power is confronted with real change, they will say anything," she said.

She also told nearly 100 local women at The Lazy Goat that when it comes to the difficulties they face balancing work and family, her husband is "one of the few people who gets it," in part because of her own dilemmas as a "regular person."

Michelle Obama never mentioned the Clintons by name, and she told The Greenville News afterward that despite the involvement of former president Bill Clinton in his wife's campaign, her role will remain "that of spouse," and that she's "not a politician."

"So let me tell you, when people talk about Barack's voting record in the state Senate, they will not talk to you about that because that would be too much information for you, wouldn't it?" she said. "It's much easier to focus on a few "present" votes," instead of his work for "regular people" that "no other front-runner in this race can claim at all."

She described his decision after college to do community work instead of going to Wall Street to "make millions," then his decision after Harvard Law School to take on civil rights work and the state legislature. She said his books are the only reason they recently got out of debt.

"It would seem to me that before anyone would open their mouth to even claim to want to be president of the United States they would have to show that kind of commitment to regular folks," she said.

Very early on in the reporting stage of the South Carolina Primary vote, Barack Obama had already gained double the percentage point margin over Hillary Clinton with 58% verses her 28%, but we should caution, less than 1% of the precincts had reported at the time of this piece hitting the Net.

Hillary Clinton had been just slightly better than an even favorite verses Barack Obama's 3/1 odds at Sportsbook.com.  Odds were to be updated after the South Carolina Primary results came in.

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Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com

Originally published January 26, 2008 7:43 pm EST