Michelle Obama celebrates Chicago roots
Michelle Obama plays up South Side roots, family during opening night speech
The Loop, Chicago, Ill. —
It was about family. And Chicago.
The first day of the Democratic National Convention on Monday featured Michelle Obama talking about her family and saying "That is why I love this country."
It was obviously designed as an answer to Republicans who have tried to portray her as unpatriotic, quoting a line in a speech in which Michelle Obama said her husband's run for the president was "the first time" she could be proud of her country.
But Monday was also orchestrated to show the softer side of the South Side woman who could become the nation's first African-American first lady.
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