Did I say that the President's entire job is image management? Of course not.

[It's] Rare for a first lady to be running for president.

Mormon leaders said in a statement they will reexamine their ties to the Boy Scouts. "The church," they said, "has always welcomed all boys to its Scouting units regardless of sexual orientation. However, the admission of openly gay leaders is inconsistent with the doctrines of the church and what have traditionally been the values of the Boy Scouts of America."

It's not surprising that you wouldn't see that side of me on television, but in real life I find the world to be quite a funny place.

I'm not really good at being predictive, so I guess I'm willing to be surprised.

My family was very engaged in the world around us. My father was an African Methodist Episcopal minister and an immigrant from Panama. He was deeply involved in civil rights causes, which scared my mother - she was also an immigrant, from Barbados, who had her hands full with six kids, and she worried that my father would get deported. But because of his passion for politics and civil rights, we paid close attention to current events. We would watch political conventions together - for fun!

I'm not quite certain how you can force a candidate to stick by the rules.