While budgets are tight right now, there are schools across the country that are showing that it doesn't take a whole lot of money or resources to give our kids the nutrition they deserve. What it does take, however, is effort. What it does take is imagination. What it does take is a commitment to our children's futures.

I feel fortunate as a woman to have a husband who loves me and shows me in every way.

Barack is one of the smartest people you will ever encounter who will deign to enter this messy thing called politics.

Hope is necessary. It's a necessary concept. And Barack Obama didn't just talk about hope because he thought it was just a nice slogan to get votes.

People have notions of what a wife's role should be in this process, and it's been a traditional one of blind adoration. My model is a little different - I think most real marriages are.

There is nothing more important to this nation's future than investing in our young people.

Elections aren't just about who votes, but who doesn't vote.