I've read kazillions of pixels about how Michelle Obama "hates" & "disses" & "bad mouths" Sen. Clinton.

There seem to be a few obvious options: the self-styled expert pundits are full of drek (my 1st choice); Michelle Obama has come 'round to a very powerful reality; someone is preparing the way, somehow, for a shift in perceptions of Sen. Clinton by the Obama campaign; some grooms & trainers are in the stable, dunging out the stall, currying the fur & getting the Unity Pony ready for a trip to the winners circle.

I'm sorry.  This is the same woman who publicly proclaimed that she wasn't sure if she could support Clinton as the nominee.  

What she's saying now is phoney.  Some of us don't have short memories, nor forgive infuriating statements.

And yes of course it's easy for her to say she won't be playing a major role in the selection -- and how could one confirm that's so during the selection process? -- while quietly playing just that veto/near-veto role in the Veep discussions, just as other spouses have done on the Dem side in recent times.  But it sure looks better, given some of her unfortunate public statements about Hillary, to seem to be taking a passive sideline posture.

Well, I have not forgotten Michelle's divisive "tone" during that GMA interview and her words mean nothing to me now. She said what she really thought before she got the Obama memo, "Be nice to Clinton's supporters," and now such a 180 turnaround rings false and patronizing.

Now they want to be nice? Of course they do. They've figured out Hillary has leverage, and so they're going into Code Blue mode ("Stark Reality") as shown in the Pocket Guide.

After all, this has been going on for quite a while. And I'm stuck with the question...

After Kennedy. After Cohen. After Michelle herself.

I don't believe for one minute she would be any less hostile to Hillary as VP because she said this.

Short of that, I don't see O offering it, though it's possible (as I suggested here wks ago) that some sort of pre-arranged deal could be done where an "offer" from a most-generous Obama is politely "turned down" by a most-thankful Hillary who then names several people (she knows to be on his short-list) who would make a better "fit" as VP.

It's not enough, for me, anyway.

"particularly as a woman" frames her as a non-standard candidate, undercuts her greatness, and is doubly insulting considering that Michelle attacked her on grounds of womanhood (for not having her own house in order).

Then she immediately follows with: "there is no way that I would say absolutely not."  

She effectively said she is some undefined value that is better than the last person on earth.  Thereby she shows her lack of sincerity and highlights the undercutting aspects of the closing statement; she again points at HRC's womanhood and emphasizes her "power."  Again, in the context she is undercutting her by discussing her as a woman candidate and following that with an attack on her association with the politically powerful.

Backhanding at its finest:
She's great, particularly as a woman (please forget my previous woman-focused insults).

She's successful and powerful (read: old politics/insider) and somewhat better than the last VP candidate on earth.

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Well, BO and MO both fail the boredmpa litmus test.  

Obamacamp reponse so far has still been the whining and 'demanding an apology' stuff we have come to expect from Dems.

There is no way that I would say absolutely not ...

Let me get this straight - Michelle Obama, the candidate's wife, has veto power over the potential president's choice of VP?  Where did she get that power?  Offer her husband advice - sure.  Veto power over running mate?  That seems like a bit much.  Maybe someone in the punditocracy would like to ask Barack to clarify the role his wife will play in his administration, since her influence seems to be starting awfully early.

Does this mean we're electing another combination presidency?  Where's all the folks who are so quick to cry 'Billary' pointing out how much this might reek of 'Mobama?'

MSNBC might be running scared of the real possibility they would lose both the ratings war and the election.  So now, MSNBC is probably back into giving Obama some tips or advice.

Oh, c'mon. All of us have heard enough Michelle Obama clips to know the wording of this thing sounds absolutely nothing like her. I have no idea who actually wrote it, but it was not her.  To make her sign/say it, they must have threatened to cut off her clothing allowance.

What about the obvious double standard? The Press can't talk about Michelle, but Obama can trash Bill, which he has done in the past. Hillary didn't come out and tell Obama to back-off.

When the wife of a presumptive nominee and potential candidate for the White House says, "it's the first time I'm proud of my country, " that's nothing to take lightly.

it is tiresome listening to both sides in this race.  either of them is more than capable of beating mccain and soundly.  but we're too busy playing chicken little with our own candidates.

1. Obama's "be nice" statement, and
   
2. Michelle Obama's statements on Clinton as VP.

BO/MO have said some of the most moronically stupid statements ever made by a politician. They have been protected by Corp Media, but also the DNC. That any media would provide cover for these idiots is amazing. I guess I just have a longer memory and actually think words matter. Not to mention actions.

Who cares what they say now. Pols is pols does not justify what they have been saying and doing. Screaming racist, denigrating superior party members, withholding votes/delegates of FL/MI just doesn't get it in my book.

The only real record of these two people we have is this campaign - it is ugly and hateful - BO's book is a fairy tale, 65% untrue, he changes policy at the drop of hat. Michelle is shrill and nasty. The Democratic party is no longer representing me. I did not suffer through these past 7.5 years to be given the task of propping up a woefully inadequate and piss poor candidate with shrew as a wife.

The only win possible is Hillary Clinton. I am getting dangerously close to using the same words I used to describe the Rethugs, vile and vermanious to describe my life long party -D-. Each day hardens my resolve. We have seen the best these two have in this campaign - they unthinking believed they really were "the ones" - geesh, the arrogance is palpable. They had fun smearing Hillary, no holds barred. Now they are changing tune, maybe realize they went over the top? Power is an intoxicate - the shallow and weak use it to attack and keep others down. Those who are not power grabbers, insipate, use it to raise themselves and others up to a higher level - they are humane, humble and trustworthy.

When you juxtapose Clinton vs Obama it is so clear - (like black and white - except that would be racist to say, now post BO)

Personally, I think this makes her slimier - if that is possible.