Michelle Obama On Life At Home

In Part II Of Exclusive Interview With Maggie Rodriguez, Talks About Mixing Campaigns And Kids

(CBS)  In Part Two of her exclusive interview with co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez, Michelle Obama gives us a personal look into her marriage to Barack Obama, life at home with their two daughters, and the future.

She admits the pressures of a presidential campaign have altered family life at the Obamas' home where she said recently there has been a lot less time for cooking dinner.

"When we cook, I cook," she said, but recently, "It's a lot of ordering out, it's a lot of folks bringing food, you know? This year has not been usual."

"Are you a good cook?" Rodriguez asked.

"I'm a good cook when I have time to do it, but I'm not somebody who has to cook," Obama said. "If there is somebody else who has got a good meal, we're there!"

With limited time available at home because of the pressures of campaigning, most of the time that she and Barack share together, she said, revolves around their children.

"Your kids become your focus and, when we're not doing this, we're thinking about what we need to do to make sure that the girls are on-point," she said, "that they've got their Halloween costumes, that we sent in the project for the next assignment, that we're going to make it to the parent/teacher conference. That tends to consume all that extra energy and time that you have to daydream and ponder and think about what we've gotten ourselves into."

Michelle also talked about what their children want to be when they grow up, and what she sees as life for herself and Barack 16 years from now, eight years after "two successful terms in the White House."

You can catch Part One of the interview with Michelle Obama by clicking here.

[wspg91]

ddsquared- On Obama reaching across party lines: A quick search will show you that Obama has co-sponsored several GOP sponsored bills, including bills sponsored by REPUBLICAN Sens Bunning, Spector, Snowe, Sununu, Bond, Warner, Lugar and Hatch. (See bills PL109-401 and PL109-472 for 2 bills he worked on with Lugar when he was Chair if the Foreign Relations Committee)

Your image of Obama wondering the White House looking for bathrooms is very effective argument. Seriously, the man sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Nothing throws him off-balance.

I have been an admirer of McCain for a long time- I have read and re-read his book "Why Courage Matters" many times. However, his choice of Palin given his age & health is a real concern. Yes, she has executive experience, yes she is politically talented. But if a "gotcha" question can make her incoherent, well I don''t want to know what a national crisis would do.

And Colin Powell may actually endorse Obama on Sunday...we''ll see. Many other republicans have, including Lugar and Christopher Buckley. I, apparently, am not the only one who thinks he''ll reach across party lines.

[ddsquared7]

raflin001 sounds a little jealous...give Michelle time - she will have more than one house too when she is Cindy McCains age. Pitiful reason to like one person over another.

[ddsquared7]

wspg91 - When has Obama reached across party lines - ever?? He voted with his party 100% of the time. As for smart, educated, respected and respectable - they are great traits - if you are running for class president. What we need now is also experience. Experience Obama does not have. We are in such troubled times - worse than any President has ever seen - we need someone who can start from day one - not one who will still need to figure our where the bathrooms are located in the White House. Where is Colin Powell when we need him - smart, educated, respected and respectable - and experienced.

[davide73-2009]

McCain looked comfortable at the Al Smith dinner last night because he was surrounded by wealthy old white men who want him to be President. Barack Obama looked uncomfortable for the same reason.

[cbullcom]

Xlib, well then you''re stupid. I love America, but I''m not always proud or do i think America always deserves respect. If you believe that then you are crazy. Nothing are no one in this world always deserve respect. Respect is earned. The only way America will ever be great again, it for America to be humble, not arrogant.

[wspg91]

Bemoaning the lack of decency in politics while warning of an apocalypse if the other side is elected?

I love my country. I lean liberal, but I''m voting for my republican senator, Susan Collins. I''m also Voting for Obama, for the same reasons: both are smart, educated, respectable and respectful. They take a thoughtful approach to the complex problems we face and will do the right thing for this country--across party lines if they need to.

[cbullcom]

So USA-No1, do you not think the war in Iraq is not killing innocent bystanders. Oh I get it, it''s ok to kill innocent bystanders as long as they are not in your back yard. That''s the problems with you replublicans, condemn others for during the exact same things our country does.

[xlib]

roc2341-cite your sources regarding Cindy Mccain.

[xlib]

cbullcom- It''s not worship, it''s called RESPECT. Something you obviously know nothing about.

[xlib]

fbla-what you should ask your dems buddies to do is the typical dem thing on election day-vote and vote often.
BTW-how do you know that the "joe the plumber" was well rehearsed??? How do YOU know??
Also,his middle name is Joseph and unlike the messiah, he doesn''t seem to mind using his middle name.
What a bunch of elitists.