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  What Will the Obama Marriage Look Like After the White House?

  Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 2:56 PM | By Dayo Olopade

  Jodi Kantor’s wonderful and voyeuristic reported treatise on the Obama marriage runs in the New York Times Magazine this weekend. It’s absolutely worth the time to delve into the personal insights (and funny audio!) Kantor squeezes out of interviews with friends and associates of the Obamas, many of whom are now co-workers of the world-famous couple. My favorite: senior adviser Valerie Jarrett channeling a frazzled, midnight-grocery-shopping Barack, on the phone with a put-out Michelle, chanting “‘I’ll make it work,’… “ ‘We can make it work. I’ll do more’” ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)

  Filed under: jodi kantor, Obama morning breath, Obama marriage story, Michelle and Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton

About Dayo Olopade

• Dayo Olopade is the Washington Reporter for the Root.

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