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Doesnt change who you are. it reveals who you are. he knows the american dream because hes lived it. ive got to say listening closely one of the thing thats struck me is all about government. and what she talked at the beginning about the people who showed the best of the american spirit she talked about teachers and first responders and military, all very admirable professions but all government. when she talked about ways to build the middle class, waits all about the auto bailout and student ...

And standing before you four years ago, i knew that i didnt want any of that to change if barack became president. well, today after so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways i never could have imagined, i have seen firsthand that being president doesnt change who you are. no, it reveals who you are. >> i thought she hit it out of the park. it was the best speech, period. i thought that she did a phenomenal job of laying out the argument for her husbands seco...

The first lady mixed the personal and the professional. it was a speech designed to address her husbands biggest vulnerability right now which is disillusioned democrats. >> change is hard, and change is slow and it never happens all at once. but eventually, we get there. >> with presidents likability polls shrink over mitt romney, michelle tried to get democrats to fall in love again. >> i have seen firsthand that being president doesnt change who you are, no, it reveals who you are. when it co...

Called november. anyway, thank you very much. gavin newsom, lieutenant governor of california. more from charlotte. our coverage of the democratic national convention. this is "hardball." the place for politics. >> i have seen firsthand that being president doesnt change who you are. no, it reveals who you are. i have seen how the issues that come across the presidents desk are always the hard ones. they are the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer.

Wife and mother and american with a birds eye view of the presidency. abcs terry moran has more from charlotte. >> reporter: she is the presidents not-so-secret weapon. >> serving as your first lady is an honor and a privilege. >> reporter: when she stepped into the spotlight, michelle obama was taking into primetime a role she has honed and grown into over the course of her four years in the white house. first, advocate. >> so, in the end, for barack these issues arent political. theyre persona...

She had the crowd right in the palm of her hand. and i think that we may have forgotten how good michelle obama is. tonight we were reintroduced to a star. someone who has a real impact. the impact that she has had is on her family. and she is still the same first lady that she was. she talked about barack. she has it all in perspective. a lot of soul searching tonight by the democrats. explaining to the country, who we are, what were about. what we believe in. and were not going to stop. thats ...

>> i have seen firsthand that being president doesnt change who you are. no, it reveals who you are. ive seen how the issues that come across the presidents desk are always the hard ones. the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer.

After the speech runs. whats on "morning joe," whats on "the daily show," what makes a morning radio show because your undecided voters, those are the ones its going to reach. there was no moment in this speech. whats going to be picked up is clint eastwood. >> yeah. which is really not going to hurt him in the long run. its just sort of more of the -- >> its a distraction. >> what in the world happened? did mitt romney close the deal with undecided voters or anything? any pivotal moment in the ...

When they, that commission was formed. basically set up for failure, as it was just something to point to that they were trying to get something done on the debt, that it was an election year, they didnt want anyone to have to take a vote that they didnt want to take, so they said, you know what, well take the debt commission and make the report after the election and guess what, its not going to come up with anything, it was a political ploy basically. >> and your billboards are political, what...

Marco rubio, these are the rising stars and names you will hear a lot of like paul ryan 2016, 2024. this is the first time we see these people at the height of their political prominence. >> and marco rubio giving the speech just before mitt romney on thursday night if that doesnt change. joan walsh. >> you should thank the republican party is about 90% white, but our panelists showed us there may be a different kind of future. we ended with mitt romney descending as a joke. and it will be inter...