Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I noho te whānau Obama ki te taha tonga o Chicago, i reira a Barack i whakaako ai ki te Whare Wānanga o Chicago Law School. I pootihia ia ki te senate o te kawanatanga i te 1996, ki te US Senate i te 2004. I whiriwhiria e raua te noho tonu ki Chicago i muri i te pooti a Barack, kaua ki te neke ki Washington, DC, i te mea i whakaaro raua he pai ake mo a raua tamahine. I roto i te wā katoa o tana tāne
I te tau 2008, i te pakanga mo te Perehitini o te US, ko Michelle Obama te "whakawhirinaki ki te haere ki te po kotahi anake i te wiki, ki te pakanga i nga ra e rua i te wiki, ka hoki mai ki te mutunga o te ra tuarua" mo a raua tamahine tokorua.