Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - 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 te wā katoa o te pakanga a tana tāne mō te Perehitini o Amerika i te tau 2008
I te mutunga o te tau, i whakatauhia e Michelle Obama kia kotahi noa te po i te wiki, kia rua noa nga ra i te wiki, kia hoki mai ki te mutunga o te ra tuarua" mo a raua tamahine tokorua.