the kicker

"Some Wonder…"

March 30, 2009

…”if [Michelle Obama is] spreading herself too thin to emerge in the public mind as a leading voice on” her “self-described core messages — about military families, volunteerism, and helping working women balance work and family life,” reports Politico’s Nia-Malika Henderson.

I mean, you were just wondering that, weren’t you?

And also? “[F]or some”

[Mrs.] Obama’s multi-tasking approach to the job raises the specter of Rosalynn Carter, who was dogged early on by questions of whether she was taking on too much and trying to be all things to all people…

which, “[i]ronically,” has “some”

raising the same “too much, too fast?” question about Michelle that they’re raising about her husband, the president.

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Liz Cox Barrett is a writer at CJR.