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on Michelle Obama's sartorial choices.
Well, I'm not. You decide (more video footage here).
I'm just posting a photo of her
giving a tour of the White House
Christmas decorations with Oprah.
Oprah's ratings may have suffered, and she may be at the last ropes of her talk show (scheduled to be off the air in about a year and a half), but she keeps nailing those big interviews.
I finally caught a re-run of her Christmas special with the Obamas. Of course, this is a dream come true for Oprah, who publicly endorsed Obama during his campaign, put Michelle on the cover of her magazine which has until now only allowed the supreme Oprah as its sole cover shoot, and even traveled to Copenhagen with the Obamas to try and tie together an Olympic presence in her Chicago town.
So, now she made it into the White House with her presidential candidate sitting at the helm. She was giggly and elated during this interview, but she did ask the relevant questions (and the Oprah ones) since her viewers would require it of her.
She asked the grade question (what grade would Obama give himself for these first eleven months in office, to which he answered: "a good solid B-plus"). Obama was really sincere about this answer. He's doing what he set out to do, and at least on American soil, he's succeeding handsomely.
Later on, Oprah asks Michelle what she feels about her husband's falling approval ratings. Michelle answers that people won't see the results immediately, and if you do good, people will eventually see those good results, and appreciate them.
This is where Obama's answer to the same question gave me some additional insight into how he thinks. He said something to the effect:
"Even if people don't see the good you've done, you feel good about it because you were doing good."
Wow! Anything he does warrants his own, highest possible approval rating. No modesty or joking around, here. Nor any exaggerated confidence for the sake of the camera or for Oprah. This is his real, simple belief system.
