Albert Mohler: Is Michelle Obama "Letting Down the Team?"

December 02, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office on January 20, thereby accepting the constitutional office to which he has been elected. Simultaneously, Michelle Obama will also accept an official role, though not a constitutional office. The role of the "First Lady" has developed over time, and the wife (thus far at least, all presidential spouses have been wives) of the President of the United States is invested by the public, if not by the Constitution, with a massively influential platform.

Michelle Obama is a woman of significant achievement. She is a graduate of Princeton University and the Harvard Law School. She worked for a respected Chicago law firm and later drew a very large salary as an executive with the University of Chicago Hospitals. She is also the wife of the President-elect and the mother of their two daughters, Malia (10) and Sasha (7). She often campaigned alongside her husband and is a gifted public speaker. Thus, the question many people have been asking is this: What kind of First Lady will Michelle Obama choose to be? the rest image