Michelle Obama

She's like, no, I think with that setup.

Yeah, yeah.

I think it became sort of the shock of the reality of that, I felt, in the first year of campaigning.

When Barack announced, I was hesitant, but once I was on board, I was on board and I knew that I needed to be out there campaigning and introducing the world, not just to him, but to us.

As the first potential black president and black family, we understood that there might be hesitations, misconceptions, people who weren't exposed to a broad diversity of people.

And so we knew that it was important for both of us to be out there telling our story, helping people understand our values, what we cared about, how we were raised, who our parents were.

To me, all of those stories are what connect us.

So that's what I'm out there doing.

You know, I'm in Iowa.

You know, it starts out that I'm in people's backyards and, you know, in church basements.

I mean, it starts out small because who are the Obamas?

I mean, who are these two?

Right.

So it wasn't like people were.

climbing the walls.

I mean, Hillary Clinton was the favorite in Iowa.

Barack was a distant fourth.

But we worked hard at the grassroots and understood that we'd have to meet people in their homes and in their communities.

And so...

I was kind of like not even a blip on the screen.