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.

[cbullcom]

I am sick of the *** about facing the flag. You clowns keep worshipping the flag when the bible says worship no other. Who is your god America or God.

[cbullcom]

I am sick of the *** about facing the flag. You clowns keep worshipping the flag when the bible says worship no other. Who is your god America or God.

[xlib]

Did she talk about the food she ordered in New YOrk prior to the Al Smith event?? While the messiah was up on the dias bemoaning how "right outside my hotel window are people who can''t afford, etc, etc" BUT inside the hotel room ms michele was orderig champagne, lobster, Iranian caviar.
Now, I really do not begrudge people who can afford such goodies. I say, good for them. What I do not like the double standard of this joker holding court and lecturing to the rest of us. In other words,he is the typical "do as I say, not as I do."
What a hypocrite he is!

[good4always]

USA IS SCARED OF PAKISTAN SO BIG TIME THAT IT GIVES MONEY AND ALL KIND OF THINGS TO KEEP THEM FROM NOT ATTACKING USA.

PAKISTAN DOES NOT NEED AMERICA HELP IN ANYTHING ANYWAY. PAKISTAN CAN WIPE OFF AMERICA IN ANY MINUTE ANY TIME IT WISHES.....

NOW THE USA MIGHT BE LOOKING DESPARATELY FOR PAKISTAN''S HELP TO HELP THEM IN THEIR FINANCIAL CRISIS.

[ramos937]

"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!"
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I love her good practical sense.

Everybody can forget about what new initiatives either candidate will put forth. For the first three years, and maybe beyound, they will have a very full agenda based on what Bush is leaving them.

[wolfewalk]

OBAMA! 08''

[checkthepast]

So how do we say White House in Spanish?
Posted by GrabAndGo

That would be ''Casa Blanca'', but I think we will need to learn to say it in farsi.

[credibility2]

I''ll have no guilt whatsoever for not voting for Obama. Anyone who thinks I''m not a good little soldier for not getting in lock step with the Dems is wrong and a nincompoop. Vote your conscience and let me vote mine. I promise not to pass judgment on you, so long as you do the same for me. I think that''s called respect. If you complain then you''re being disrespectful and acting like an ignoramus.

[valindasmith]

Nobody is mocking Sarah Palin as a person for being "average american". You forgot a slight difference between her and an average american: she is running vor VP. Now, running a country big as the U.S. is a highly complex task. Being average and understanding average people''s problems is one thing (which could even be pretty doubted concerning S.P.), having the oversight to be able to solve those problems another. And also, the part that "average Americans" like to forget: America has, as a very powerful nation, a great responsibility towards the rest of the world. I don''t think that an "average person" has either the oversight, or the interest and ability to deal with and decide about any of those complex issues. It is an ignorant and dumb (but a little bit typical average American) attitude to think that the president of the U.S. has to be like the "average American". Concerning intelligence and wisdom, the past 8 years have shown what that mindset against both of those things can harm in the world.

[tx4obama]

Democrate Senator Barack''s last name is OBAMA for all those sore Republicans losers out there.

Here is a thought for you:

American People (Black, White, Hispanic, Asians, American Indians, and Alaskans) who are voting for Senator Barack Obama are the true Americans who want to see changes for the better for our country and they are sick of the corruptions of the last 8 years from Bush administration.

Wake up Americans!!!!!