Michelle Obama might be new to the rigors of presidential campaigning, but she handles it like a pro. Tall and dressed in brown pants, a red top and sweater and a gold necklace, she speaks to about 70 people in the Old Town Hall here and to 40 or so in Windham.
After her remarks, she takes no questions. Instead, she invites people to tell her what's on their minds. As she greets each person, she clasps their hands and maintains eye contact as she listens to stories of health care problems, worries about schools and complaints about the state of politics.
"She's wonderful — so comfortable," says Bette Bramante, 56, a music store owner from Durham. "I love to hear her talking about what they want to do for the country."
As Americans get to know her better, a game she played with her brother Craig when they were kids might offer insight into the way she operates: They pretended that their living room was the boss's office and a closet was the secretary's office, he says.
He was the boss and she was the secretary, but "it was my sister who initiated this whole role-playing thing. So she was really the boss."
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Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, meets with supporters of her husband's campaign in Windham, N.H.
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