Gothamist: Daily News Features First Couple-Elect in Election Extra

glennQNYC

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:05:18 -0500

I understand the ugly dress... The Palin wardrobe attack dictates that Michelle's attire must be inexpensive. I'd like to see Barack pull a Sarkozy, and dump that angry bitch for a supermodel. Maybe he'll just settle for an intern like Bill did?

bornbrednewyorker

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:54:47 -0500

I just don't get the buying the newspaper and saving it thing...

starrygordon

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:33:04 -0500

Speaking of tropes, I sure hope Camelot and other references to Kennedy can be retired real soon.

NannyState

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:35:01 -0500

Everybody's reacting to Michelle's complexity just like they reacted to Hillary's 16 years ago. So the First Lady should be an inflatable doll? Barack didn't accomplish this feat in a vacuum. Michelle played a role and will unfold as First Ladies always do. And she might start by redecorating some tired old tropes.

dooWOP

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:48:18 -0500

I guess she no longer needs to wear the pastels. Watch out America and hear her roar....!

ivysaur

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:45:38 -0500

Meow...you guys are mean. She looked beautiful. The dress was a bit strange though. It looked like it was on fire. Oh well, who cares.

Snoopy

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:10:01 -0500

Doesn't she look like she is either going to spit or puke?

Snoopy

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:08:49 -0500

I believe she is struggling to read the teleprompter that says, "Clap hands." For all of you that are saving the different newspapers proclaiming this victory, they will be worth exactly the same amount you paid for them in fifty years. And your grandchildren will throw them out wondering why you saved something that was printed in the hundreds of thousands on cheap paper.

HUGO_MEGO

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:06:25 -0500

Oh no, now we are going to have to hear the black Camelot reference for the next 4 years.

Wza

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:48:55 -0500

Ok, so maaaaaaaybe I shouldn't have thrown out my copy of the Daily News this morning. :/

Spiritof76

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:12:03 -0500

There are times when her expressions remind me of Condi Rice, especially her eyebrows. Scary. Let's just hope this new Camelot doesn't end like the other two did.

meowster

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:45:57 -0500

not be all... whatever... but what was up with her choice of garments last night. seriously.

Rocknrope

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:43:26 -0500

I can't wait for the Newsweek special campaign edition that's coming out tomorrow. Here are a few choice bits: -- McCain himself rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign and aides kept him in the dark about the details of her spending on clothes because they were sure he would be offended. Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request. -- The Obama campaign was provided with reports from the Secret Service showing a sharp and very disturbing increase in threats to Obama in September and early October, at the same time that the crowds at Palin rallies became more frenzied. Michelle Obama was shaken by the vituperative crowds and the hot rhetoric from the GOP candidates. "Why would they try to make people hate us?" Michelle Obama said to a top campaign aide. -- On the Sunday night before the last debate, McCain's core group of advisers--Steve Schmidt, Rick Davis, adman Fred Davis, strategist Greg Strimple, pollster Bill McInturff and strategy director Sarah Simmons -- met to decide whether or not to tell McCain that the race was effectively over, that he no longer had a chance to win. The consensus in the room was no, not yet, not while he still had "a pulse." -- Obama was never inclined to choose Sen. Hillary Clinton as his running mate, not so much because she had been his sometime bitter rival on the campaign trail, but because of her husband. Still, as Hillary's name came up in veep discussions, and Obama's advisers gave all the reasons why she should be kept off the ticket, Obama would stop and ask, "Are we sure?" He needed to be convinced one more time that the Clintons would do more harm than good. McCain, on the other hand, was relieved to face Biden as the veep choice, and not Hillary Clinton, whom the McCain camp had truly feared.

Snoopy

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:15:55 -0500

She's no Jackie Kennedy. Where did she get that lovely expression?

nohateparade

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:11:50 -0500

2pac probably wishes he stayed out of trouble and lived to see this day in human form.