Reply #5: That's not an entirely fair framing of the quesiton [View All]

You're not talking about some random Obama supporter; you're talking about his wife! What else could she possibly say aside from a neutral "we'll all support the nominee" kind of statement? Anything else--anything more directly supportive of Clinton--would immediately be grabbed by the media and turned into "Even Obama's Wife Unsure About His Viability." Ms. Obama gave an excellent, polite, and intelligent answer to a seriously loaded question.

Has Bill Clinton been asked the equivalent question? Or has he been too busy playing to the party's lowest common denominator? I would be greatly interested to hear a sincere and unambiguous statement from the Clintons that they plan to support Obama wholeheartedly. Especially since Mrs. Clinton has already declared him less fit for the office than McCain.

IMO Ms. Obama could justifiably have said "Let's face facts. Clinton has lost the primary in every measurable way except her own imagination. Let's stop pretending that this is a close contest and get with the program already." IMO.

The fact that she did not answer this way demonstrates that she knows what she's doing and that she is an intelligent and thoughtful woman ready to handle loaded questions from the press.